The magnitude and kinetics of the mucosal HIV-specific CD8+ T lymphocyte response and virus RNA load in breast milk.

BACKGROUND: The risk of postnatal HIV transmission is associated with the magnitude of the milk virus load. While HIV-specific cellular immune responses control systemic virus load and are detectable in milk, the contribution of these responses to the control of virus load in milk is unknown. METHO...

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Главные авторы: Mahlokozera, T, Kang, H, Goonetilleke, N, Stacey, A, Lovingood, R, Denny, T, Kalilani, L, Bunn, J, Meshnick, SR, Borrow, P, Letvin, N, Permar, SR
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Public Library of Science 2011