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New study reveals why flu can be devastating for pregnant women – EurekAlert
New research overturns current scientific thinking on flu infection in pregnancy.
The study published in PNAS helps explain why influenza can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy.
The research also has implications for our understandi…
IMAGE: An immunofluorescence microscopy image shows how activated immune cells (red) ‘stick’ to the inside of the aorta (green) during flu infection in pregnancy.
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Credit: RMIT University
New research helps explain why flu can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy, suggesting the virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother’s body.
The pre-clinical study has overturned current scientific thinking on the reasons why flu infections affect preg…
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