Increased vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus from hepatitis C virus-coinfected mothers

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 414-420

  Hershow, Ronald C ^a   Riester, Katherine A ^b   Lew, Judy ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^b   Mofenson, Lynne M ^b   Davenny, Katherine ^b   Landesman, Sheldon ^b   Cotton, Deborah ^b   Celine Hanson, I ^b   Hillyer, George V ^b   Tang, Hope Babette ^b   Thomas, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL PLASMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 16944364046     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514058     Document Type: Article

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