Resolution of infections depends on the host's ability to mount a protective immune
response. However, an exacerbated response to infections may result in deleterious lesions …

The increasing success of prevention of mother‐to‐child HIV transmission programmes
means that in Africa, very large numbers of HIV‐exposed, uninfected (HIV‐EU) children are …

Infants born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected women are HIV-exposed but
the majority remains uninfected [ie, HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU)]. HEU infants suffer …

Most infants born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐infected women escape HIV
infection. Infants evade infection despite an immature immune system and, in the case of …

Chronic infections during pregnancy are highly prevalent in some parts of the world.
Infections with helminths, Trypanosoma cruzi, Plasmodium spp, and HIV might affect the …

The worldwide prevalence of HCV infection is between 1% and 8% in pregnant women and
between 0.05% and 5% in children. Yet the pathogenesis of hepatitis C during pregnancy …

Objective: To evaluate cell-mediated immune response to Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)
vaccination in uninfected, HIV-1-exposed infants, comparing it with unexposed children …

Objective: To determine whether levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and oxidative parameters
in umbilical cord blood could contribute as an indicator of neonatal sepsis in recognized …

Significant immunological changes are associated with intrauterine human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encounter among uninfected infants of HIV-infected mothers …

Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the containment of HIV replication during
primary infection, though their functions are impaired during chronic HIV infection. Infants …