Journal article
Breast milk cellular HIV-specific interferon γ responses are associated with protection from peripartum HIV transmission.
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OBJECTIVE: Breast milk is a major route of infant HIV infection, yet the majority of breast-fed, HIV-exposed infants escape infection by unknown mechanisms. This study aimed to investigate the role of HIV-specific breast milk cells in preventing infant HIV infection. DESIGN: A prospective study was designed to measure associations between maternal breast milk HIV-specific interferon-γ (IFN-γ) responses and infant HIV-1 detection at 1 month of age. METHODS: In a Kenyan cohort of HIV-infected m...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- AIDS (London, England)
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 16
- Pages:
- 2007-2016
- Publication date:
- 2012-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-5571
- ISSN:
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0269-9370
- Source identifiers:
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350475
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:350475
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- pubs:350475
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2012
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