Infections and Birth Defects (NIH, 1966)

Profiles a National Institutes of Health study of infectious diseases that can cause abnormal pregnancy outcomes in women. Outcomes include stillbirth, abortion, and birth defects. Fifty thousand pregnant women and their infants participated in the Collaborative Perinatal Research Project, a joint effort of several institutes at NIH. Blood is drawn regularly from mother and child and tested. The laboratory procedures and other workflows are shown and described in some detail. Testing on animals is shown: a pregnant monkey is injected with rubella, and when its infant is delivered, the infant is tested for signs of fetal damage.

NLM Unique ID: 9000303A
Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101661857

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