Abstract
AIDS in children is usually caused by vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Aborted eight-week fetal and placental tissue from HIV-1 positive and negative (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot) women was analysed by immunocytochemistry and in-situ hybridisation. Maternal decidual leucocytes, villous trophoblastic derivatives, villous mesenchymal cells, and embryonic blood cell precursors in tissues from seropositive patients all stained for HIV-1 antigen and hybridised for nucleic acids. These observations suggest that a cytological pathway for vertical transmission of HIV-1 is established by eight weeks gestational age.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 565-568 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | The Lancet |
Volume | 335 |
Issue number | 8689 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 10 1990 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)