1. In utero transmission of Encephalitozoon cuniculi strain type I in rabbits
- Author
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Francois Pognan and Philippe Baneux
- Subjects
Male ,Transplacental transmission ,Strain type ,Biology ,DNA, Ribosomal ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,law.invention ,Pregnancy ,law ,parasitic diseases ,Animals ,Pregnancy Complications, Infectious ,Maternal-Fetal Exchange ,Encephalitozoon cuniculi ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,DNA Primers ,Fetus ,General Veterinary ,fungi ,virus diseases ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,DNA, Protozoan ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical ,Transmission (mechanics) ,In utero ,Encephalitozoonosis ,Gestation ,Female ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Rabbits - Abstract
Pregnant rabbits were serologically diagnosed as having been infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi. At necropsy at 28 days of gestation, does, placentas and fetuses were found to be infected with E. cuniculi strain type I as evidenced by using the nested-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, thereby confirming vertical transplacental transmission.
- Published
- 2003