Target cell availability, rather than breast milk factors, dictates mother-to-infant transmission of SIV in sooty mangabeys and rhesus macaques.

Target cell availability, rather than breast milk factors, dictates mother-to-infant transmission of SIV in sooty mangabeys and rhesus macaques.

Mother-to-infant transmission (MTIT) of HIV is a serious global health concern, with over 300,000 children newly infected in 2011. SIV infection of rhesus macaques (RMs) results in similar rates of MTIT to that of HIV in humans. In contrast, SIV infection of sooty mangabeys (SMs) rarely results in M...

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Main Authors: Ann Chahroudi, Emily Cartwright, S Thera Lee, Maud Mavigner, Diane G Carnathan, Benton Lawson, Paul M Carnathan, Tayebeh Hashempoor, Megan K Murphy, Tracy Meeker, Stephanie Ehnert, Christopher Souder, James G Else, Joyce Cohen, Ronald G Collman, Thomas H Vanderford, Sallie R Permar, Cynthia A Derdeyn, Francois Villinger, Guido Silvestri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24604066/pdf/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24604066/pdf/?tool=EBI

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