Document 0482 DOCN M9620482 TI [Studies on maternal transmission of HIV-1] DT 9602 AU Tabei Y; Sadamasu K; Mori K; Monma K; Sekine H; Kudoh Y; Miyazawa Y; Okada K; Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Research; Laboratory of Public Health. SO Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1995 Aug;69(8):858-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96083296 AB To investigate HIV-1 transmission from mother to child, samples taken from 3 HIV-1 sero-positive pregnant mothers, 3 children born by caesareans from their mothers and therapeutic abortion from 2 HIV-1 sero-positive mothers were tested for HIV-1 antibody by westernblot, p24 antigen by antigen captured ELISA, proviral DNA by Nested-PCR and isolation of HIV-1 virus from peripheral blood, cord blood, amniotic fluid and placenta. HIV-1 proviral DNA was detected in the peripheral blood of all mothers, but p24 antigen and virus isolation were not detected. None of the HIV-1 markers, except for antibody, was detected in the samples from their children and placenta. These facts strongly suggest that there was no HIV-1 transmission from mother to child. DE AIDS Serodiagnosis Base Sequence *Disease Transmission, Vertical DNA, Viral/ANALYSIS English Abstract Female Human HIV Seropositivity/DIAGNOSIS/*TRANSMISSION HIV-1/GENETICS/ISOLATION & PURIF Infant Infant, Newborn Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Pregnancy JOURNAL ARTICLE SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).