title: The placental barrier to maternal HIV infection.
abstract: Infection with HIV destroys the immune system and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Death results from common bacterial and opportunistic infections that are rare in persons with a healthy immune system. HIV infection frequently is a fatal sexually transmitted disease that can also be transmitted from an infected mother to her offspring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D015215:Zidovudine