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doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030259.
Epub 2006 Jul 18.
Immunoprophylaxis against mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
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Immunoprophylaxis against mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
PLoS Med.
2006 Jul.
Abstract
The authors discuss a new study in PLoS Medicine that examines whether human anti-HIV monoclonal antibodies might be useful in South Africa for preventing mother-to-child transmission of subtype C HIV viruses.
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Insensitivity of paediatric HIV-1 subtype C viruses to broadly neutralising monoclonal antibodies raised against subtype B.PLoS Med. 2006 Jul;3(7):e255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030255. PLoS Med. 2006. PMID: 16834457 Free PMC article.
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