Article
Genetic analysis of simian immunodeficiency virus expressed in milk and selectively transmitted through breastfeeding.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2006
Rychert Jenna, Lacour Nedra, Amedee Angela Martin
Abstract excerpt
To develop effective intervention strategies that prevent breast milk transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we must understand the specific viral properties and mechanisms responsible for infant infection. We have used lactating rhesus macaques infected with a pathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) stock to analyze the viral genotypes expressed in plasma and milk throughout the disease...
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