Investigation of HIV in Amniotic Fluid from HIV‐Infected Pregnant Women at Full Term
Author(s) -
Boshishi K.F. Mohlala,
T. J. Tucker,
Mitchell Besser,
Carolyn Williamson,
Jane Yeats,
Lynette Smit,
John Anthony,
Adrian Puren
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/431604
Subject(s) - medicine , nevirapine , amniotic fluid , cord blood , zidovudine , obstetrics , pregnancy , cytomegalovirus , fetus , amniocentesis , andrology , in utero , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , human cytomegalovirus , virology , viral load , viral disease , virus , prenatal diagnosis , biology , herpesviridae , antiretroviral therapy , genetics
In the absence of interventions and breast-feeding, the in utero transmission rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is estimated to be 10%-15%, and the role that amniotic fluid (AF) plays in this is unclear.
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