The molecular footprints of BK virus in the product of conception over the second and third gestational trimesters
Mona Shokoofeh, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi, Haleh Soltanghoraee · 2023
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Mona Shokoofeh, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi, and Haleh Soltanghoraee studied whether BK virus passes from mother to fetus in a 2023 paper. Past work on that question gave mixed answers. The team tested tissues from the product of conception: embryo, fetal, and placental material across all three trimesters of pregnancy. Twenty six cases were studied in total.
No first trimester placental sample tested positive. One of thirteen second trimester placentas and one of seven third trimester placentas held the virus. Across all cases, about a third of the conceptuses were positive, most often in the second trimester. The liver was the most common positive site, then the heart, then the placenta. Some cases showed virus in fetal tissue while the placenta was clear, a pattern the authors note with care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mona Shokoofeh, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi, Haleh Soltanghoraee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |