title: Can Encephalitozoon cuniculi cross the placenta?
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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