Despite the significant progress that has been made to eliminate vertical HIV infection, more
than 150,000 children were infected with HIV in 2019, emphasizing the continued need for …

Without doubt, one of the greatest medical and public health achievements has been the
significant reduction in mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency …

Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), a protein found in saliva, breast milk, and
genital secretions, is capable of inhibiting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 in …

Background: Studies among HIV-1-infected women have demonstrated reduced placental
transfer of IgG antibodies against measles and other pathogens. As a result, infants born to …

The biological correlates of an effective immune response that could contain or prevent HIV
infection remain elusive despite substantial scientific accomplishments in understanding the …

Background The human leukocyte antigen alleles have been implicated as probable genetic
markers in predicting the susceptibility and/or protection to severe manifestations of dengue …

HIV-1 is rapidly diversifying in African, Asian and Caucasoid populations, which in parallel
display extensive polymorphism of genes encoding class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA) …

Objective We examined the association between mother-to-child human T cell lymphotropic
virus type I (HTLV-I) transmission and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I types Methods …

Background Mother-child human leukocyte antigen (HLA) concordance and maternal HLA
homozygosity may increase the risk of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency …

Objectives: The aim of our study was to verify the possible association between an HLA-G
14-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism and perinatal HIV transmission in Brazilian children …