Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) “in vitro” infection of human placental histocultures

Mariantonietta Di Stefano¹, Maria Luisa Calabro², Iole Maria Di Gangi², Santina Cantatore³, Massimo Barbierato⁴, Luigi Chieco-Bianchi⁴, Pantaleo Greco⁵, Loreto Gesualdo¹, Elisabeth Menu⁶ and José Ramon Fiore⁷

¹Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

²Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology, Padova,Italy

³Laboratory of Histology, School of Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy

⁴Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, Oncology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

⁵Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

⁶Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

⁷Department of Clinical and Occupational Health, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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from Fourth Dominique Dormont International Conference. Host-Pathogen Interactions in Chronic Infections
Paris, France. 13-15 December 2007

Retrovirology 2008, 5(Suppl 1):O4doi:10.1186/1742-4690-5-S1-O4


Published:	9 April 2008

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Most human Herpesvirus infect placental cells and may be harmful in pregnancy, leading to obstetrical and/or neonatal complications. Although a correlation between human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection and abortion or low birth weight in children has been reported [1,2] presently no information has been published regarding HHV-8 tropism for placenta.