Maternal plasma viral RNA levels determine marked differences in mother-to-child transmission rates of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in The Gambia. MRC/Gambia Government/University College London Medical School working group on mother-child transmission of HIV.

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Published in AIDS on March 10, 2000

Authors

D O'Donovan1, K Ariyoshi, P Milligan, M Ota, L Yamuah, R Sarge-Njie, H Whittle

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1: MRC Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia.

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