Antenatal HIV testing

Antenatal HIV testing

The advantages of ascertaining a pregnant woman's HIV positive status before delivery are clear: transmission to the baby can be roughly halved by avoiding breast feeding 1 and reduced by a further two thirds by the administration of zidovudine. 2 Yet, as several papers in this week's issu...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 1998-01, Vol.316 (7127), p.241-242
1. Verfasser: Mercey, Danielle
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIDS/HIV
Babies
Breastfeeding & lactation
Disease transmission
Female
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - transmission
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infections
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control
London
Medical tests
Midwifery
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Prenatal Diagnosis
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:The advantages of ascertaining a pregnant woman's HIV positive status before delivery are clear: transmission to the baby can be roughly halved by avoiding breast feeding 1 and reduced by a further two thirds by the administration of zidovudine. 2 Yet, as several papers in this week's issue show, in Britain we are failing to test pregnant women for HIV and, as a result, to reduce the rate of vertical transmission.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.316.7127.241