Rift Valley Fever Virus Can be Transmitted from Mother to Fetus, in Rats (8 of 10) (IMAGE)

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Rift Valley Fever Virus Can be Transmitted from Mother to Fetus, in Rats (8 of 10)

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Dr. Cynthia McMillen oversees technicians, Devin Boyles and Joseph Albe, as they prepare tissue samples. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 05, 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by C.M. McMillen at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, and colleagues was titled, "Rift Valley fever virus induces fetal demise in Sprague-Dawley rats through direct placental infection."

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[Credit: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and The University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences]

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