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Session 136
Poster Abstracts
Pathogenesis and Co-Factors in MTCT
Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall B
794
Maternal-Fetal Microtransfusions and HIV-1 Mother-to-Child Transmission
Jesse Kwiek*
1
, V Mwapasa
2
, C Y Ou
3
, M Molyneux
2
, S Rogerson
4
, and S Meshnick
1
1
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA;
2
Univ of Malawi Coll of Med, Blantyre, Malawi;
3
CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA; and
4
Univ of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
795
Role of
CCR5
Promoter and
CX
3
CR1
Polymorphisms in Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in African Children
Kumud Singh*
1
, M Hughes
2
, J Chen
2
, K Phiri
2
, C Rousseau
3
, L Kuhn
4
, A Coutsoudis
5
, J Jackson
6
, L Guay
6
, P Musoke
7
, F Mmiro
7
, R Semba
6
, and S Spector
1
1
Univ of California, San Diego, USA;
2
Harvard Sch of Publ Hlth, Boston, MA, USA;
3
Univ of Washington, Seattle, USA;
4
Columbia Univ, New York, NY, USA;
5
Univ of Natal, Durban, South Africa;
6
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, USA; and
7
Makerere Univ, Kampala, Uganda
796
Is Maternal Syphilis Infection a Risk Factor for Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV?
V Mwpasa
1
, J Kwiek
2
, S Rogerson
3
, M Molyneux
4
, D Kamwendo
5
, E Tadesse
1
, E Chalaluka
1
, P Wilson
2
, C Y Ou
6
, and Steven Meshnick*
2
1
Univ of Malawi Coll of Med, Blantyre, Malawi;
2
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA;
3
Univ of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia;
4
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clin Res Prgm, Coll of Med, Blantyre, Malawi;
5
Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA; and
6
CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
797
Transmission of Cell-free and Cell-associated HIV-1 Through Breastfeeding
Irene Koulinska*
1
, E Villamor
1
, B Chaplin
1
, G Msamanga
2
, W Fawzi
1
, B Renjifo
1
, and M Essex
1
1
Harvard Sch of Publ Hlth, Boston, MA, USA and
2
Muhimbili Med Ctr, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
798
Perinatal Transmission of HIV-1 va Amniotic Fluid, Vaginal Secretions, and Blood: A Molecular Analysis
Ruth Dickover*
1
, K Nielsen
1
, K Yusim
2
, B Korber
2
, J Jin
1
, and Y Bryson
1
1
Geffen Sch of Med, Univ of California, Los Angeles Med Ctr, USA and
2
Los Alamos Natl Lab, NM, USA