High Concentrations of Interleukin 15 in Breast Milk Are Associated with Protection against Postnatal HIV Transmission

Given the central role that interleukin 15 (IL-15) plays in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunity, we hypothesized that IL-15 in breast milk may protect against postnatal HIV transmission. In a nested case-control study, we compared breast milk IL-15 levels in 22 HIV-infected women who transmi...

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Hauptverfasser: Walter, Jan, Ghosh, Mrinal K., Kuhn, Louise, Semrau, Katherine, Sinkala, Moses, Kankasa, Chipepo, Thea, Donald M., Aldrovandi, Grace M.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2009
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2811259/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19835475
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/644603
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