Open AccessPlacental passage for trypanosomes and spirochaetes. Philipp (Arch. f. Gyn., Bd. 133)
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj95973
Subject(s) - spirochaete , placenta , biology , medicine , zoology , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , bacteria
On the basis of his experiments, Philipp was convinced that the placenta is impenetrable for trypanosomes, but for spirochaetes it is passable in both animals and humans, and spirochaetes penetrate the placenta even in cases where it apparently does not present any histological changes.