Maternal HIV-1 viral load and vertical transmission of infection: The Ariel Project for the preventin of HIV transmission from mother to infant

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 549-552

  Cao, Yunzhen ^a   Krogstad, Paul ^b   Korber, Bette T ^c,d   Koup, Richard A ^a   Muldoon, Mark ^b   Macken, Catherine ^b   Song, Jia L I ^a   Jin, Zhanqun ^a   Zhao, Jia Q I ^e   Clapp, Sheila ^f   Chen, Irvin S Y ^b   Ho, David D ^a   Ammann, Arthur J ^g  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f Pediatric AIDS Foundation   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 16944362073     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0597-549     Document Type: Article

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