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Unexpected vertical transmission of HIV infection

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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.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Vania Giacomet, Alessandra Viganò, Paola Erba, Pilar Nannini, Stefania Pisanelli, Giulia Ramponi & Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti

  2. Department of Microbiology and Virology, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Nadia Zanchetta

  3. Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Tiziano Brambilla

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Giacomet, V., Viganò, A., Erba, P. et al. Unexpected vertical transmission of HIV infection. Eur J Pediatr 173, 121–123 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-013-2020-9

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