Failure to detect a non-B HIV-1 subtype by the HIV-1 amplicor monitor test, version 1.5: A case of unexpected vertical transmission [3]

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 781-782

  Geelen, Sibyl ^a   Lange, Joep ^b   Borleffs, Jan ^a   Wolfs, Tom ^a   Weersink, Annemarie ^a   Schuurman, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TYPING;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0242668393     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200303280-00027     Document Type: Letter

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