Sentences with phrase «active antibodies against the virus»

Pregnant women with a previous history of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV - 1) infection maintain active antibodies against the virus, and researchers have found that this protection can pass to the nervous systems of their offspring.

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In a series of laboratory experiments, the researchers found that antibodies against HSV - 1 remain in the trigeminal ganglion (a group of nerve cells that receives signals from the eyes and face and is a key site of HSV infection) long after active virus infection is cleared, and that these maternal antibodies can travel to the fetal trigeminal ganglia.

The measles virus fraction stimulates active cross-immunity against CDV in puppies as young as 6 weeks of age regardless of levels of maternal antibodies that can interfere with active CDV immunization.