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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, November 2004, p. 1182-1184, Vol. 11, No. 6
1071-412X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1182-1184.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Specific Immunoglobulin G Antibody Detected in Umbilical Blood and Amniotic Fluid from a Pregnant Woman Infected by the Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Xiugao Jiang,1 Xing Gao,2 Han Zheng,1,3 Meiying Yan,1,3 Weili Liang,1,3 Zhujun Shao,1 Wei Li,1,3 Enmin Zhang,1 Yuan Hu,1 Rong Hai,1 Dongzheng Yu,1 Biao Kan,1,3 and Jianguo Xu1,3,4*

Priority Laboratory for Molecular Medical Bacteriology, Ministry of Health,3 National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping,1 Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing,2 Center for Functional Genomics Research, TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China4

Received 29 January 2004/ Returned for modification 10 March 2004/ Accepted 1 May 2004

Specific immunoglobulin G antibody for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus was detected in maternal blood, umbilical blood, and amniotic fluid from a pregnant SARS patient. Potential protection of fetus from infection was suggested.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, P.O. Box 5, Changping, Beijing 102206, China. Phone: 861 061739579. Fax: 861 061730233. E-mail: xujg{at}public.bta.net.cn.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, November 2004, p. 1182-1184, Vol. 11, No. 6
1071-412X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1182-1184.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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