Scientists Reveal How Food-Poisoning Bug Infects Fetus

PARIS -- Scientists in France on Wednesday said they had figured out how a germ that causes potentially lethal food poisoning can be transmitted from a mother to a fetus. The discovery was made among lab animals but is likely to be valid for humans too, which opens up potential targets for drugs that could block the transmission pathway, they said. The listeria germ causes flu-like symptoms and can lead to meningitis and convulsions if it invades the nervous system.
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Posted by Editor at October 3, 2008 03:11 AM