Innate immune mechanisms in limiting HIV-1 pathogenesis among South African adults and mother-infant pairs.

Innate immune mechanisms in limiting HIV-1 pathogenesis among South African adults and mother-infant pairs.

This study was conducted to investigate the role of natural killer cell surface receptors, KIRs and their cognate HLA ligands in preventing HIV-1 acquisition and disease progression in HIV-1 exposed infants. Using DBS stored for 8 years from 21 pregnant South African women we evaluated 3 methods of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ndlovu, Bongiwe Goodness.
Other Authors: Carr, William Henry.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2013
Subjects:
HIV-positive persons > South Africa.
HIV-positive women > South Africa.
HIV-positive children > South Africa.
HIV infections > Transmission > South Africa.
AIDS (Disease) in infants > South Africa.
Immunologic diseases in infants > South Africa.
Human immunogenetics > South Africa.
Theses > Paediatrics and child health.
Theses > Immunology.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9971

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