| VIRUS RESPONSIBLE FOR STILL BIRTH |
Posted by:
Moksha Gupta
Source: MOKSHA
20/11/2008 |
According to a research study published in the Journal Birth Defect
Research Part -B Volume 77 , Page NO. 251-256 , 2006 the Virus Ljungan
( LV )might be responsible for large number of Stillbirths. Stillbirth
is the death of a baby after the 20th week of pregnancy but before
delivery.
Ljungan Virus is named by Virologist Bo Niklasson of
Uppsala University in 1999 who discovered it in the Swedish river
valley.LV is found in different species of native animals of Europe
& United States.
In a laboratory study, researchers found
that 86 % of pregnant laboratory mice infected with Ljungan virus
delivered dead babies( mice ).This made the researchers to study
further for the possible correlation between Ljungan & Stillbirths
among humans.
In a new study researchers examined Stillbirths
& placental tissue from humans. They found LV in 4 out of 10
stillborns that they autopsied & 5 out of 10 placental tissues .The
researchers did not find the virus in the placental tissue from Normal
pregnancies.The researchers suspect that LV might also cause
Preeclampsia.
The researchers consider these finding as very
powerful clues for stillbirths among humans & are engaged in
further investigation.
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