The human placenta, a target of SARS-CoV-2
Mittelhäusern and Bern, 5.11.2021 - What happens in the human placenta after SARS-CoV-2 infection? Research teams led by PD Dr. Marco Alves (Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern) and Prof. Dr. David Baud (Lausanne University Hospital, Chuv) found that SARS-CoV-2 can infect the cells of human placenta and that the virus proliferates and infects neighbouring placental cells. The results of their research work have been recently published in the scientific journal Cell Reports Medicine (Fahmi et al, 2021).