Viral Culture of HIV in Neonates

William D. Lyman; Ruy Soeiro; Arye Rubinstein; Anne Krivine; Pierre Lebon; Marianne Burgard; Marie Jeanne Mayaux; Christine Rouzioux

doi:10.1056/NEJM199303183281118

Viral Culture of HIV in Neonates

William D. Lyman
, Ruy Soeiro
, Arye Rubinstein
, Anne Krivine
, Pierre Lebon
, Marianne Burgard
, Marie Jeanne Mayaux
, Christine Rouzioux

Pediatrics

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To the Editor: Burgard et al. (Oct. 22 issue)¹ are to be congratulated on their use of very sensitive assays to detect infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in neonates and infants. However, in their Discussion the authors state that the frequency of transmission of this virus from infected women to their fetuses is not known and that there is an apparent absence of the viral genome in fetal tissues. The authors take this as evidence that vertical transmission occurs at birth and not prenatally. To support these conclusions, they cite three papers. However, other studies that do…

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	814-815
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	328
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199303183281118
State	Published - Mar 18 1993

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