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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
To develop strategies to prevent mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), it is important to define the factors determining it. We examined the relationship between maternal HIV-1 titer and the occurrence of mother-to-child transmission. In addition, we quantitated HIV-1 longitudinally in mothers during pregnancy, at delivery, and up to 1 year postpartum. To examine transmission, we prospectively studied 19 mother-child pairs; in 5 pairs, HIV-1 transmission occurred. We used endpoint dilution culture of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to determine maternal viral titer and found that although 4 of 6 (67%) women with viral titers of > or = 125 HIV-1 infectious units per 10(6) cells transmitted HIV-1 to their infants, only 1 of 13 (7.6%) women with lower viral titers transmitted (P = 0.01). Twelve of the 19 mothers had HIV-1 loads determined serially 3-8 times over periods ranging from 18 to 65 weeks. Viral titers varied greatly between the 12 women, but the viral load in each woman remained stable over time. In this cohort, HIV-1 viral load remained stable during pregnancy and the greater the maternal viral burden, the more likely that transmission occurred. These two related findings suggest that determination of HIV-1 titers early in pregnancy may predict which women are at high risk of transmitting to their infants and may be used to counsel HIV-1-infected women of childbearing age. These data identify maternal viral titer as a major determinant of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission and thereby provide the scientific rationale for therapeutic strategies designed to interrupt transmission by lowering viral load.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8037-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-HIV Seropositivity, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Maternal-Fetal Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Oligonucleotides, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8058753-Puerperal Disorders
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 during pregnancy: relationship of viral titer to mother-to-child transmission and stability of viral load.
pubmed:affiliation
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12208.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't