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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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105(5): 720-721, Aug. 2010.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-557237
ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at evaluating the potential to detect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in amniotic fluid (AF) collected at delivery from 40 HIV-positive pregnant women. Thirty patients had a plasma viral load (VL) below 1,000 copies/mL at delivery. VL was positive in three AF samples. No significant association was found between the HIV-1 RNA in AF and the maternal plasma samples. There was no HIV vertical transmission detected.