Unexpected vertical transmission of HIV infection

Vania Giacomet; Alessandra Viganò; Paola Erba; Pilar Nannini; Stefania Pisanelli; Nadia Zanchetta; Tiziano Brambilla; Giulia Ramponi; Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti

doi:10.1007/s00431-013-2020-9

Unexpected vertical transmission of HIV infection

Eur J Pediatr. 2014 Jan;173(1):121-3. doi: 10.1007/s00431-013-2020-9. Epub 2013 May 8.

Authors

Vania Giacomet¹, Alessandra Viganò, Paola Erba, Pilar Nannini, Stefania Pisanelli, Nadia Zanchetta, Tiziano Brambilla, Giulia Ramponi, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, giacomet.vania@hsacco.it.

PMID: 23652937
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2020-9

Abstract

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection occurred in a child born from an HIV-infected mother with HIV-RNA undetectable during pregnancy. She was suffering from gastroenteritis in the last 3 weeks of gestation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / methods
Female
HIV Infections / drug therapy
HIV Infections / transmission*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology*
Risk Factors