Sentences with phrase «utero hiv»
One hypothesis we are exploring is that in utero HIV - 1 exposure alters the TCR repertoire in infants and leaved a durable imprint on the developing immune system.
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One avenue of our translational research aims to determine the impact of in utero HIV - 1 exposure on infant immunity to vaccinations and co-infections by dissecting the infant immune repertoire present at birth in the context of maternal HIV - 1 infection and how the infant T cell repertoire changes following early life exposures compared to infants born to the HIV - 1 uninfected women of similar socio - economic status.
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Nearly 40 % involved HIV / AIDS, followed by, in descending order: developmental biology; eye development and disease; other infectious diseases like hepatitis C; miscellaneous; and in utero diseases, toxic exposures, and congenital conditions.
What component of this increased risk is due to being born into an HIV - affected household, and how much is due to immunologic modeling in utero is the subject of continued research in the LVIP lab.