Article
Selection of maternal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants in human placenta. European Network for In Utero Transmission of HIV-1.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1999
Menu E, Mbopi-Keou F X, Lagaye S, Pissard S, Mauclère P, Scarlatti G, Martin J, Goossens M, Chaouat G, Barré-Sinoussi F, M'bopi Kéou F X
Abstract excerpt
To determine the mechanisms by which human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) crosses the placenta into the fetal blood, 12 matched samples of serial maternal blood, term placentas, and infant blood obtained from a cohort of pregnant women in Cameroon identified as predominantly infected by su...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cameroon
- Chorionic Villi
- Cohort Studies
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Genes, env
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical