Low Interferon Relative-Response to Cytomegalovirus Is Associated with Low Likelihood of Intrauterine Transmission of the Virus.

BACKGROUND:Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a very common intrauterine infection which can cause severe mental and hearing impairments. Notably, only 40% of primarily infected women transmit CMV to the fetus. CMV-specific T-cell response has a role in CMV disease but individual immune heterogenei...

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Main Authors: Yifat Eldar-Yedidia, Maskit Bar-Meir, Miriam Hillel, Guila Abitbol, Eti Broide, Roni Falk, Marc Assous, Yechiel Schlesinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4755570?pdf=render