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The molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 envelope diversity during HIV-1 subtype C vertical transmission in Malawian mother-infant pairs.
AIDS (London, England) - 23 Apr 2008
Kwiek Jesse J, Russell Elizabeth S, Dang Kristen K, Burch Christina L, Mwapasa Victor, Meshnick Steven R, Swanstrom Ronald
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between HIV-1 subtype C genetic diversity and mother-to-child transmission and to determine if transmission of HIV-1 V1/V2 env variants occurs stochastically. DESIGN: Case-case-control study of Malawian mother-infant pairs consisting of 32 nontransmitting women, 25 intrauterine transmitters, and 23 intrapartum transmitters in Blantyre, Malawi. METHODS: A heteroduplex tracking...
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