Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission, Part 3
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Zidovudine and elective cesarean delivery may significantly reduce the risk of HIV transmission during childbirth by HIV-infected women. Researchers studied factors influencing HIV transmission among 2,834 infants and their HIV-positive mothers. Zidovudine antiviral medication was used by 902 women to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. HIV was transmitted to infants by 17% of women not taking zidovudine and 6% of treated women. Cesarean delivery was not protective when zidovudine was not used, but the rate of HIV transmission was lower in drug-treated women delivered by cesarean.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission, Part 4
Article Abstract:
Zidovudine and elective cesarean delivery may significantly reduce the risk of HIV transmission during childbirth by HIV-infected women. Researchers studied factors influencing HIV transmission among 2,834 infants and their HIV-positive mothers. Zidovudine antiviral medication was used by 902 women to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. HIV was transmitted to infants by 17% of women not taking zidovudine and 6% of treated women. Cesarean delivery was not protective when zidovudine was not used, but the rate of HIV transmission was lower in drug-treated women delivered by cesarean.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Obstetric factors and mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1: the French perinatal cohorts
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No controllable factors during labor and delivery appear to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV. Risk factors during pregnancy, labor, and delivery were evaluated among 1,632 HIV-infected mothers and their infants. Nineteen percent of the infants had HIV by 18 months of age. Women who had amniocentesis during their pregnancy were twice as likely to transmit HIV to their infants. Other risk factors for transmission included premature delivery and blood in the amniotic fluid. Infants delivered by cesarean were not less likely to acquire HIV.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1996
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