Journal article
Active or Prior GB Virus C Infection Does Not Protect against Vertical Transmission of HIV in Coinfected Women from Tanzania
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.38(6), pp.e46-e48
03/15/2004
DOI: 10.1086/382079
PMID: 14999645
Abstract
To determine whether GB virus C (GBV-C) infection is associated with protection against vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we tested 186 HIV-positive pregnant women for GBV-C. Neither active nor prior GBV-C infection was associated with a lower rate of HIV acquisition among infants. Thus, GBV-C does not appear to protect against perinatal HIV acquisition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Active or Prior GB Virus C Infection Does Not Protect against Vertical Transmission of HIV in Coinfected Women from Tanzania
- Creators
- Amy C Weintrob - Duke University Medical Center Durham, North CarolinaJohn D Hamilton - Duke University Medical Center Durham, North CarolinaChristine Hahn - Duke University Medical Center Durham, North CarolinaDonna Klinzman - University of Iowa and Iowa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaGustav Moyo - Tanzania Ministry of Health, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, PenzbergDietmar Zdunek - Roche Laboratories, Penzberg, GermanyGeorg Hess - Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, GermanyDaniel K Benjamin - Duke University Medical Center Durham, North CarolinaJack T Stapleton - University of Iowa and Iowa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.38(6), pp.e46-e48
- DOI
- 10.1086/382079
- PMID
- 14999645
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Infect Dis
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
- eISSN
- 1537-6591
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/15/2004
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094521002771
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