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[AIDS and pregnancy: a case of mother-child transmission]

Medicina (B Aires). 1990;50(2):145-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91333364
Montero A; Mocarbel N; Viu J; Martearena C; Estevez ME; Gonzalez H; Speroni R; Hospital de Emergencias Dr. Clemente Alvarez, Rosario, Argentina.

Abstract: We report the case of a 4 month old baby in an advanced stage of HIV infection with AIDS according to the CDC definition. The HIV-infected mother was sexually promiscuous and a drug addict. The timing and route of the infection are speculative. The child was born by cesarean delivery, did not receive blood or blood products and was not breast-fed. It is postulated that the most probable route of HIV infection in this child was intrauterine vertical transmission.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*TRANSMISSION Adult Blotting, Western Case Report English Abstract Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Human HIV Antibodies/ANALYSIS Infant Lymphocyte Subsets/CYTOLOGY Male Pregnancy *Pregnancy Complications, Infectious JOURNAL ARTICLE

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