title: Offspring's Tolerance of Mother Goes Viral.
abstract: Pregnancy uniquely allows genetically discordant tissues of the mother and child to intimately coexist in harmony. In this issue of Immunity, Ou and colleagues show that hepatitis B virus exploits these naturally occurring immune tolerance pathways to establish persistent postnatal infection in offspring.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kinder
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
authors.forename: Tony T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. Electronic address: singsing.way@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Sing Sing
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Way
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D009035:Mothers; D011247:Pregnancy