Use of HIV-1 specific immunoglobulin G3 as a serological marker of vertical transmission

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 359-361

  Madurai, S ^a   Moodley, D ^a   Coovadia, H M ^a   Bobat, R A ^a   Gopaul, W ^a   Smith, A N ^a   York, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; MARKER; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; SERODIAGNOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030300120     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.6.359     Document Type: Article

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