Low interferon- levels in cord and peripheral blood of pregnant women infected with sars-cov-2

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Since its identification in China in late 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has spread rapidly worldwide, affecting millions of people, pushing the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. To assess whether SARS-CoV-2 infection affects the maternal and fetal IFN secretion, the authors compared IFNγ levels in maternal blood and in cord blood in a pregnant population affected by COVID-19. Sera were analyzed for IFN-γ and anti-IFN-γ antibodies performing two different ELISA assays; Human IFN-γ Uncoated ELISA quantitative detection of human IFN-γ INVITROGEN . . .

 



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