Early diagnosis of HIV-1-infected infants in Thailand using RNA and DNA PCR assays sensitive to non-B subtypes
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A PCR assay to determine HIV-1 subtype E appears to be effective in detecting the virus in newborn babies of HIV-infected mothers. The test detected half of the babies who were infected at birth, and detected all infected babies at two and six months of age.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
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HIV seroconversion during pregnancy and risk for mother-to-infant transmission
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Women who first test positive for HIV during their pregnancy are no more likely to transmit the virus to their baby than those who tested positive before their pregnancy. This was the conclusion of a study in Thailand before HIV-infected pregnant women were given AIDS drugs to prevent transmission.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
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Chlamydial and gonococcal cervicitis in HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative pregnant women in Bangkok: prevalence, risk factors, and relation to perinatal HIV transmission
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Additional infections with Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae do not appear to place HIV-positive pregnant women in Thailand at increased risk of transmitting the HIV to their newborns. Two hundred nineteen HIV-negative pregnant Thai women and 222 HIV-positive pregnant Thai women were tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia. Their newborns' HIV infection status was determined after birth. A similar percentage of HIV-positive and HIV-negative women infected with each disease transmitted HIV to their newborns. Chlamydia was more common among young, HIV-positive, first-time mothers.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1997
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