Missed Opportunities for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify missed opportunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Methods

Data regarding HIV-infected children born between 2002 and 2009 to HIV-infected women enrolled in the U.S. International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials prospective cohort study (protocol P1025) were reviewed. The characteristics of the HIV-infected infants and their mothers and the mothers' clinical management are described.

Results

Twelve cases of mother-to-child transmission of HIV occurred among 1,857 liveborn neonates, for a prevalence of 0.65 per 100 live births to HIV-infected women (95% confidence interval 0.33-1.13). Four transmissions occurred in utero, three were peripartum transmissions, and the timing

SUBMITTER: Scott GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6122962 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature