Persistent infection of human fetal endothelial cells with rubella virus.

Cardiovascular abnormalities are the leading cause of neonatal death among patients with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS). Although persistence of rubella virus (RV) in fetal endothelium has been repeatedly suggested as a possible cause of cardiovascular birth defects, evidence of the permissivenes...

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Main Authors: Ludmila Perelygina, Qi Zheng, Maureen Metcalfe, Joseph Icenogle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3734309?pdf=render