Non-human Primate Models to Investigate Mechanisms of Infection-Associated Fetal and Pediatric Injury, Teratogenesis and Stillbirth

A wide array of pathogens has the potential to injure the fetus and induce teratogenesis, the process by which mutations in fetal somatic cells lead to congenital malformations. Rubella virus was the first infectious disease to be linked to congenital malformations due to an infection in pregnancy,...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Genetics
Main Authors:	Miranda Li, Alyssa Brokaw, Anna M. Furuta, Brahm Coler, Veronica Obregon-Perko, Ann Chahroudi, Hsuan-Yuan Wang, Sallie R. Permar, Charlotte E. Hotchkiss, Thaddeus G. Golos, Lakshmi Rajagopal, Kristina M. Adams Waldorf
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Subjects:	nonhuman primate teratogenesis Zika virus HIV preterm birth group B streptococcus
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.680342/full