Natural history of postnatal rhesus cytomegalovirus shedding by dams and acquisition by infant rhesus monkeys.

BACKGROUND:Human infants frequently acquire human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) through breastfeeding, resulting in persistent high-level viral shedding in saliva and urine and infectivity to others, including pregnant women. Thus, vaccination to interrupt postnatal HCMV transmission is an attractive strat...

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Main Authors: Amitinder Kaur, Hannah L Itell, E Peek Ehlinger, Valerie Varner, Soren Gantt, Sallie R Permar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6200253?pdf=render