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Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
; 37(1): 77-81, 1990 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2376281
RESUMO
We report in this paper the observation of rubella virus by electron microscopy in an amniotic fluid sample, collected from a pregnant woman with rubella infection. Virological investigations by inoculation of cell cultures with amniotic fluid and fetal blood remained negative, due probably to the presence of neutralizing antibodies in the samples. Electron microscopy is a rapid but weakly sensitive method to detect viruses in clinical specimens. However, this unusual observation would indicate that in some cases electron microscopy could be a useful technique to evidence a fetal rubella infection.