Immunologic activation during pregnancy: serial measurement of lymphocyte phenotype and serum activation molecules in HIV-infected and uninfected women.

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Immunologic alterations occur during pregnancy, but the effect of pregnancy on HIV infection is controversial. We characterized some of the immunologic alterations with potential to influence HIV disease in 99 infected and 46 uninfected women during pregnancy and up to 6 months post-partum. Immunophenotyping to quantitate the major lymphocyte subsets and determine expression of activation and adhesion molecules...

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