The usual way in which the fetus is infected is by transplacental spread after maternal infection in which the organism circulates in the mother's blood. These infections, acquired in utero ...
Infection of the fetus early in pregnancy results in congenital varicella syndrome; transplacental infection at delivery results in neonatal varicella. Interestingly, recurrent VZV infection ...
More information: Tamiris Azamor et al, Transplacental SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF8 binds to complement C1q to trigger fetal inflammation, The EMBO Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00260-9 ...
cObstetrical, Perinatal, and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, U1153, INSERM, INRAE, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France ...
Such patients have been clearly distinguished from newborn infants with transitory thrombocytopenia secondary to transplacental passage of maternal antiplatelet antibody, 1,2 in whom a genetic ...
The team also found elevated immune and inflammatory responses affecting the pregnancies of about 66% of study participants. Dr. Foo had previously shown elevated levels of fetal inflammation in ...
This Research Topic is focused on recent advancements within the field of perinatal and neonatal clinical pharmacology. The perinatal period is a significant developmental transition for both fetus ...