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Role of immunity in maternal-infant HIV-1 transmission.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Jun 1997
Jansson M, Orlandi P, Scarlatti G, Moschese V, Romiti M L, Cancrini C, Mancia L, Livadiotti S, Castelli-Gattinara G, Rossi P, Halapi E
Abstract excerpt
Factors influencing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) mother-to-child transmission include both immunological and virological parameters: higher viral loads have been associated with clinical stage of HIV-1-infected individuals as well as higher risk of mother-to-child transmission. Furthermore, we have shown that transmitting mothers more frequently harbour HIV-1 isolates with rapid/high...
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