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1 Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States.
2 Research Group in Arboviral Diseases, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
3 Center for Drug Research and Development of Pharmaceuticals, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
4 Departament of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
5 Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore.
6 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore.
7 SingHealth Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Global Health Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
1 Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States.
2 Research Group in Arboviral Diseases, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
3 Center for Drug Research and Development of Pharmaceuticals, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
4 Departament of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
5 Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore.
6 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore.
7 SingHealth Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Global Health Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Editorial on the Research Topic Viral Infection at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
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