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Comment
. 2006 Jul;3(7):e259.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030259. Epub 2006 Jul 18.

Immunoprophylaxis against mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1

Miroslaw K Gorny  1 , Susan Zolla-Pazner
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Immunoprophylaxis against mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1

Miroslaw K Gorny et al. 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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Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests, and that none of the funders played any role in the preparation of this article.

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