The integrated HIV-1 provirus in patient sperm chromosome and its transfer into the early embryo by fertilization.

Complete understanding of the route of HIV-1 transmission is an important prerequisite for curbing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. So far, the known routes of HIV-1 transmission include sexual contact, needle sharing, puncture, transfusion and mother-to-child transmission. Whether HIV can be vertically trans...

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Main Authors: Dian Wang, Lian-Bing Li, Zhi-Wei Hou, Xiang-Jin Kang, Qing-Dong Xie, Xiao-jun Yu, Ming-Fu Ma, Bo-Lu Ma, Zheng-Song Wang, Yong Lei, Tian-Hua Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237474?pdf=render