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Human herpesvirus 6 variant a infects human term syncytiotrophoblasts in vitro and induces replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in dually infected cells.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2002
Csoma Eszter, Bácsi Attila, Liu Xiangdong, Szabó Judit, Ebbesen Peter, Beck Zoltán, Kónya József, Andirkó István, Nagy Etelka, Tóth Ferenc D
Abstract excerpt
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) may interact during transplacental transmission of HIV-1. The placental syncytiotrophoblast layer serves as the first line of defense of the fetus against viruses. Patterns of replication of HHV-6 variant A (HHV-6A) and HIV-1 were analyzed in singly and dually infected human term syncytiotrophoblast cells cultured in vitro. For this...
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