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Fetal human cytomegalovirus transmission correlates with delayed maternal antibodies to gH/gL/pUL128-130-131 complex during primary infection

Lilleri, Daniele ; Kabanova, Anna ; Revello, Maria Grazia ; Percivalle, Elena ; Sarasini, Antonella ; Genini, Emilia ; Sallusto, Federica ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Corti, Davide ; Gerna, Giuseppe

In: Plos one, 2013, vol. 8, no. 3, p. e59863

Primary human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections during pregnancy are associated with a high risk of virus transmission to the fetus. To identify correlates of intrauterine HCMV transmission, serial serum samples from HCMV transmitter and non-transmitter pregnant women with primary HCMV infection were analyzed for the presence of neutralizing antibodies against different glycoproteins and...