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Infection in pregnancy

From: Ben Taylor (bt8@st-and.ac.uk)
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 03:46:18 -0600 (CST)

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I'm a medical student, currently writing a project on the immunological basis of the maternal-fetal relationship. One of the hypotheses I am considering is fetal immunosuppression of the mother, to prevent rejection of the allogenically foreign fetus.

Could anyone tell me if there is a markedly increased incidence of infection during pregnancy, which would be an inevitable consequence of such an immunosuppression, or not?

Are there any journal articles which back this up?

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Ben Taylor
Medical Student
University Of St. Andrews, Scotland
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