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Adaptive HIV-Specific B Cell-Derived Humoral Immune Defenses of the Intestinal Mucosa in Children Exposed to HIV via Breast-Feeding

BACKGROUND: We evaluated whether B cell-derived immune defenses of the gastro-intestinal tract are activated to produce HIV-specific antibodies in children continuously exposed to HIV via breast-feeding. METHODS: Couples of HIV-1-infected mothers (n = 14) and their breastfed non HIV-infected (n = 8)...

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Autores principales: Moussa, Sandrine, Jenabian, Mohammad-Ali, Gody, Jean Chrysostome, Léal, Josiane, Grésenguet, Gérard, Le Faou, Alain, Bélec, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23704905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063408