The role of transplacental microtransfusions of maternal lymphocytes in in utero HIV transmission

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Lee, Tzong Hae ^a   Chafets, Daniel M ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^b,c   McCune, Joseph M ^d   Busch, Michael P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Maternal fetal transmission; Microchimerism; Placenta; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77957321832     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181eb301e     Document Type: Article

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