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Abstract
A lack of knowledge about the correlates of maternal immunity required for protection of the placenta and fetus against congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) transmission has complicated vaccine development. New work from Bialas and colleagues demonstrates a critical role for maternal CD4(+) T cells in controlling viremia and preventing CMV-associated fetal disease.Entities:
Keywords: animal models; congenital cytomegalovirus infection; cytomegalovirus immunity; cytomegalovirus vaccine; pentameric complex; placenta
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26857178 PMCID: PMC4836615 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.01.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079