Mother-to-fetus transmission of cytomegalovirus. A review

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-401

  Pusztai, Rozália ^a   Lukácsi, Angéla ^a   Kovács, Ida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Human cytomegalovirus; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS VACCINE; GLYCOPROTEIN B; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SAFETY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 11244307391     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.51.2004.4.1     Document Type: Review

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