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A newborn baby is found abandoned on the steps of a catholic rectory in Manhattan. The baby is taken to the neonatal unit in a nearby hospital while the police try to locate the mother. An infant is determined to have HIV ELISA titer of 1: 264 and 3 positive reaction bands by Western Blot analysis. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of this findings?

A Infant has been exposed to HIV

B Infant has been infected with HIV

C The mother has been exposed to HIV

D The mother has been infected with HIV

E Both teh mother and baby have been infected with HIV

F It is not possible to diagnose infection with this result


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  #2

D The mother has been infected with HIV


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  #3

You toooo clever grinnodsmiling facewink

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  #4

the child cannot have the infection cos the Placental Transmission of IgGs against HIV have to be accounted for. the Mother is positive no doubt abt it but actually 20% of th echildren from infected MOthers develop HIV disease




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  #5

nodnod

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