@article{7775ca402f08446a8455fa35c08385c3,
title = "Vitamin A deficiency and genital viral burden in women infected with HIV-1",
abstract = "The relation between vitamin A (retinol) deficiency and perinatal transmission of HIV-1, if it exists, might be mediated through an increased viral load in the mother's genital tract. To ascertain whether or not such an association is present, we measured the serum concentration of retinol with high performance liquid chromatography, and correlated the results with concurrent quantified HIV-1 RNA concentrations in cervicovaginal lavage fluid in 301 women infected with the virus. We noted no association between retinol status and genital HIV-1 load. Our findings lend support to those of studies that reported no association between retinol deficiency and perinatal HIV-1 transmission.",
author = "French, {Audrey L.} and Cohen, {Mardge H.} and Gange, {Stephen J.} and Harold Burger and Wei Gao and Semba, {Richard D.} and Meyer, {William A.} and Esther Robison and Kathryn Anastos",
note = "Funding Information: We thank all those involved in WIHS. WIHS is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with supplemental funding from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute of Craniofacial and Dental Research (grant numbers: U01-AI-35004, U01-AI-31834, U01-AI-34994, AI-34989, U01-HD-32632, U01-AI-34993, U01-AI-42590). A representative from the NIH reviewed and approved the study design and the manuscript for submission.",
year = "2002",
month = apr,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08226-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "359",
pages = "1210--1212",
journal = "Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "9313",
}
