Can Encephalitozoon cuniculi cross the placenta?
Laboratory rabbits and mice were challenged with Encephalitozoon cuniculi at three different stages of gestation to determine whether the parasite crosses the placenta. No transplacental transmission could be demonstrated.
D000818:Animals; D009670:Encephalitozoon cuniculi / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000469:parasitology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D011817:Rabbits