Transplacental haemorrhage may explain the intrapartum transmission of HIV. A pilot study uses flow cytometry to quantify maternal red blood cells in infants born vaginally or by caesarean section

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-579

  De Vries, Bradley Stephen ^a   Cossart, Yvonne E ^b   Murray, Henry ^a,c   Peek, Michael John ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; HIV; Placenta; Pregnancy; Vertical; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABOR; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PARTURITION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449122342     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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