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Plasma viremia and virus phenotype are correlates of disease progression in vertically human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Feb 1997
Balotta C, Colombo M C, Colucci G, Viganò A, Riva C, Papagno L, Violin M, Crupi L, Bricalli D, Salvaggio A, Moroni M, Principi N, Galli M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relationships among HIV-1 plasma viremia, phenotype and CD4 T cell counts in vertically infected children. METHODS: Plasma viremia was quantified in 37 vertically infected children at different stages of the disease by a standardized molecular assay. Virus isolation and non-syncytia-inducing or syncytia-inducing (SI) HIV-1 phenotype evaluation were performed in parallel. RESULTS: HIV-1...
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