Impaired Transplacental Transfer of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-neutralizing Antibodies in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Versus -uninfected Pregnant Women.

Jallow, Sabelle; Agosti, Yasmeen; Kgagudi, Prudence; Vandecar, Megan; Cutland, Clare L; Simões, Eric A F; Nunes, Marta C; Suchard, Melinda S et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2019

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed, uninfected infants have higher risks of respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalization than HIV-unexposed infants. Despite similar neutralizing antibody titers between HIV-infected and -uninfected women, maternal HIV infection and hypergammaglobulinemia were independently associated with lower titers in newborns. Maternal hypergammaglobulinemia was associated with lower cord-to-maternal antibody ratio.

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