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Frequency of early in utero HIV-1 infection: a blind DNA polymerase chain reaction study on 100 fetal thymuses
1 Apr 1995
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of in utero transmission of HIV-1 through the second trimester. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred consecutive, unselected, intact fetuses, beyond 15 weeks gestational age (mean, 22.4 weeks) were studied. These were obtained following spontaneous intrauterine deaths (n = 4), miscarriages (n = 4), and elective mid-trimester terminations (n = 92), eight of which were fetuses...
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