Obstetrical Factors and the Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 from Mother to Child

H. Landesman, Sheldon; A. Kalish, Leslie; Burns, David; Minkoff, Howard; E. Fox, Harold; Zorrilla, Carmen; Garcia, Pat; Glenn Fowler, Mary; Mofenson, Lynne; Tuomala, Ruth

doi:10.1056/nejm199606203342501

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Obstetrical Factors and the Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 from Mother to Child

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jun 20, 1996

Authors:

Sheldon H. Landesman

Leslie A. Kalish

David Burns

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A substantial proportion of perinatally acquired infections with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) occur at or near delivery, which suggests that obstetrical factors may have an important influence on transmission. We evaluated the relation of such factors and other variabl...

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Medicine

Transmission (telecommunications)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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