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Prenatal Exposure to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Alters Postnatal Immunity and Airway Smooth Muscle Contractility during Early-Life Reinfections.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Brown Paul M, Harford Terri J, Agrawal Vandana, Yen-Lieberman Belinda, Rezaee Fariba, Piedimonte Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Maternal viral infections can have pathological effects on the developing fetus which last long after birth. Recently, maternal-fetal transmission of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was shown to cause postnatal airway hyperreactivity (AHR) during primary early-life reinfection; however, the influence of prenatal exposure to RSV on offspring airway immunity and smooth muscle contractility during recurrent...
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