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SUBMITTER: Teixeira FME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033814 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in immunology 20200214
During pregnancy, the organization of complex tolerance mechanisms occurs to assure non-rejection of the semiallogeneic fetus. Pregnancy is a period of vulnerability to some viral infections, mainly during the first and second trimesters, that may cause congenital damage to the fetus. Recently, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has gained great notoriety due to the occurrence of congenital ZIKV syndrome, characterized by fetal microcephaly, which results from the ability of ZIKV to infect placental ce ...[more]