Does umbilical cord blood polymerase chain reaction positivity indicate in utero (pre-labor) HIV infection?
Does umbilical cord blood polymerase chain reaction positivity indicate in utero (pre-labor) HIV infection?
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脐带血聚合酶链反应阳性是否表明子宫内(临产前)感染艾滋病毒?
DOI:
10.1097/00002030-199711000-00012
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发表时间:
1997
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Miotti,PG
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作者:
Biggar,RJ;Mtimavalye,L;Justesen,A;Broadhead,R;Miley,W;Waters,D;Goedert,JJ;Chiphangwi,JD;Taha,TE;Miotti,PG
Objective:To compare risk factors for infants whose cord blood was positive for HIV DNA with those who were cord blood-negative but found to be HIV DNA-positive in early infancy.Methods:In 1994, infants born to HIV-infected women were enrolled in a study in Blantyre, Malawi. Birth weight and transmission risk factors from cord blood-positive infants were compared with cord blood-negative/HIV-positive infants on their first postnatal visit (4-7 weeks of age). Testing for HIV DNA on cord and peripheral blood was performed by polymerase chain reaction.Results:Of 249 HIV-infected infants (overall transmission rate, 26%), 83 (33%) were cord blood-positive and 166 were initially cord blood-negative. The mean birth weight was 2.1%(59 g) lighter in cord blood-positive infants than initially cord blood-negative infants; initially cord blood-negative infants were 2.8%(80 g) lighter than uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women. There were no significant differences in the risk factors for infection between HIV-infected cord blood-positive and-negative infants; when transmission was increased, both HIV-infected cord blood-positive and-negative infants contributed to the increase in a similar proportion.Interpretation:It was concluded that umbilical cord blood positivity for HIV DNA did not identify a subset of in utero HIV-infected infants and suggested that HIV-infected cord blood-positive and-negative infants have similar timing and routes of HIV infection.