Influence of maternal CD4 levels on the predictive value of virus load over mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Mazza, Cinzia ^a   Ravaggi, Antonella ^a   Rodella, Anna ^a   Duse, Marzia ^b   Padula, Debora ^a   Lomini, Manuela ^c   Castelli, Francesco ^b   Bresciani, Susanna ^a   Albertini, Alberto ^b   Cariani, Elisabetta ^a,d  

^a General Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c BRESCIA CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d III Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV DNA; HIV RNA; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; CD4 ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREDICTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIRAL LOAD;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032930966     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199905)58:1<59::AID-JMV9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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