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    HIV PROTEINS IN NORMAL HUMAN PLACENTA p18/p24/p120
    "Placentae from 25 normal term pregnancies were collected by vaginal delivery...Antigens gp120 and p17 were identified in normal chorionic villi...Antigen p24...in villous mesenchymal cells...localized to HLA-DR positive cells"

    Faulk, WP et al (1991). "HIV proteins in normal human placentae." American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 25: 99-104.

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Here are three such proteins. Three of the most significant HIV proteins are present in normal placental tissue from healthy, non-HIV-infected women.