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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: Kate McInnerney
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-11835 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Smirnova Natalia P NP Ptitsyn Andrey A AA Austin Kathleen J KJ Bielefeldt-Ohmann Helle H Van Campen Hana H Han Hyungchul H van Olphen Alberto L AL Hansen Thomas R TR
Physiological genomics 20081118 3
The consequences of viral infection during pregnancy include impact on fetal and maternal immune responses and on fetal development. Transplacental infection in cattle with noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (ncpBVDV) during early gestation results in persistently infected (PI) fetuses with life-long viremia and susceptibility to infections. Infection of the fetus during the third trimester or after birth leads to a transient infection cleared by a competent immune system. We hypothesized ...[more]