How is it that a couple can have HIV negative children despite one or both of them being HIV positive?

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How is it that a couple can have HIV negative children despite one or both of them being HIV positive?

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The placenta is amazing!!! The reason a fetus does not get HIV is the same reason they fetus can have a different blood type than the mother. HIV typically will not pass the placenta barrier.

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