Aids-associated Retrovirus from Mother to Infant
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or bisexuals, intravenous drug abusers, recipients of blood and blood products, Haitians, and the heterosexual partners of individuals in these groups.4-7 Affected infants, who account for about 1% of cases of AIDS, have usually been born to women in these at-risk groups. A smaller number of infants seem to have acquired the disease from blood transfusions.9 Where the mother has been the apparent source of infection in infants, all reports have been consistent with transmission in utero or during the birth process. 10-12
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