Placental antibody transfer: influence of maternal HIV infection and placental malaria

Isabel de Moraes‐Pinto, Maria; H. Verhoeff, F.; Chimsuku, L.; Milligan, Paul; H. Wesumperuma, Lalanga; Broadhead, Robin; J. Brabin, Bernard; Johnson, Peter; A. Hart, C.

doi:10.1136/fn.79.3.f202

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Placental antibody transfer: influence of maternal HIV infection and placental malaria

Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal • Nov 1, 1998

Authors:

Maria Isabel de Moraes‐Pinto

F. H. Verhoeff

L. Chimsuku

Abstract

AIM: To determine the influence of placental malaria, maternal HIV infection, and maternal hypergammaglobulinaemia on transplacental IgG antibody transfer. METHODS: One hundred and eighty materno-neonatal pairs from a Malawian population were assessed. Cord and maternal serum samples were tested for...

Subject

Immunology

Transplacental

Antibody

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