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. 2014 Apr 29;11(4):e1001636.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001636. eCollection 2014 Apr.

Safety of pediatric HIV elimination: the growing population of HIV- and antiretroviral-exposed but uninfected infants

Lynne M Mofenson  1 , D Heather Watts  2
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Safety of pediatric HIV elimination: the growing population of HIV- and antiretroviral-exposed but uninfected infants

Lynne M Mofenson et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Lynne Mofenson and Heather Watts discuss the context and implications of the study by J. Sibuide and colleagues, which provides a detailed analysis of birth defects in infants with in utero antiretroviral drug exposure in the French Perinatal Cohort. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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