Article
DNA HLA-DRB1 analysis in children of positive mothers and estimated risk of vertical HIV transmission.
Disease markers - 1 Jun 1993
Greggio N A, Cameran M, Giaquinto C, Zacchello F, Koroliuk D, Colizzi V
Abstract excerpt
RFLP HLA-DRB1 analysis was performed on a total of 83 children born from HIV-infected mothers, 35 of whom were shown to be HIV-infected, while 48 reverted from seropositivity to seronegativity, indicating that they were not infected. Moreover, 89 healthy children were used as controls. It has bee...
Topics
- Alleles
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
- Probability
- Risk