Age- and time-related changes in extracellular viral load in children vertically infected by human immunodeficiency virus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1087-1091

  Mcintosh, Kenneth ^a   Shevitz, Abby ^b   Zaknun, Daniela ^a,e   Kornegay, Janet ^d   Chatis, Pamela ^c   Karthas, Nancy ^a   Burchett, Sandra K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus infection; natural history; pediatrics; viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TITRATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030457164     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199612000-00006     Document Type: Article

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