Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from mother to child correlates with viral phenotype.

doi:10.1006/viro.1993.1637

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Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from mother to child correlates with viral phenotype.

Virology - 1 Dec 1993

Scarlatti G, Hodara V, Rossi P, Muggiasca L, Bucceri A, Albert J, Fenyö E M

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The aim of this study was to investigate if the risk of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is influenced by the biological phenotype of the mother's virus. Virus isolates from 30 HIV-1 infected mothers and 12 infected children born to these mothers were an...

Topics

Cell Line
Female
HIV Core Protein p24
HIV Infections
HIV-1
Humans
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Monocytes
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Species Specificity
T-Lymphocytes
Time Factors
Virus Cultivation
Virus Replication

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