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Fetopathology and developmental pathology of the embryo and fetus
Marta Ježová, Josef Feit et al.
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Hematogenous infections
Introduction
  • involve the placenta secondarily when the mother is infected the infectious agent is present in her blood
  • infections can be viral, protozoal or bacterial
  • the inflammation is located directly in the placenta — villitis (inflammation of the chorionic villi)