Vertical HIV-1 transmission correlates with a high maternal viral load at delivery

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-30

  Coll, O ^a   Hernandez, M ^b   Boucher, C A B ^e,f   Fortuny, C ^a   De Tejada, B M ^a   Canet, Y ^c   Caragol, I ^b   Tijnagel, J ^e   Bertran, J M ^d   Espanol, T ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Immunology Unit   (Spain)

^c Utrecht University ^*  (Spain)

^d Paediatric Hospital   (Spain)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Vertical transmission; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0345136296     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199701010-00005     Document Type: Article

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