Article
HIV-1 co-receptor usage: influence on mother-to-child transmission and pediatric infection.
Journal of translational medicine - 27 Jan 2011
Cavarelli Mariangela, Scarlatti Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
Viral CCR5 usage is not a predictive marker of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1. CXCR4-using viral variants are little represented in pregnant women, have an increased although not significant risk of transmission and can be eventually also detected in the neonates. Genetic polymorphisms are more frequently of relevance in the child than in the mother. However, specific tissues as the placenta or the...
Topics
- Disease Progression
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Immune System
- Intestines
- Maternal Exposure
- Mothers
- Phenotype
- Placenta
- Polymorphism, Genetic
