Persistent fetal infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus differentially affects maternal blood cell signal transduction pathways.

ABSTRACT: The consequences of viral infection during pregnancy include impact on fetal and maternal immune responses and on fetal development. Transplacental infection in cattle with noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (ncpBVDV) during early gestation results in persistently infected (PI) fetuses with life-long viremia and susceptibility to infections. Infection of the fetus during the third trimester or after birth leads to a transient infection cleared by a competent immune system. We hypothesized that ncpBVDV infection and presence of an infected fetus would alter immune response and lead to downregulation of proinflammatory processes in pregnant dams. Naïve pregnant heifers were challenged with ncpBVDV2 on day 75 (PI fetus) and day 175 [transiently infected (TI) fetus] or kept uninfected (

SUBMITTER: Smirnova NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2646461 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature