The Danish HIV Birth Cohort (DHBC) - a nationwide, prospective cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of the Danish HIV Birth Cohort (DHBC) is to investigate the significance of HIV-1 infection in pregnancy and after delivery in women living with HIV (WLWH) in Denmark and their children, in the era of antiretroviral therapy and other interventions for treatment and prophylaxis.

Participants

All WLWH giving birth to one or more children in Denmark after 31 December 1999 are included, with consecutive ongoing enrolment, if they are living with HIV and pregnant, or if they are diagnosed with HIV in relation to pregnancy, delivery or shortly after delivery.

Findings to date

DHBC has been used to describe trends in the management of pregnancies in WLWH and their outcomes on a nationwide basis, mode of delivery and predictors of emergency caesarean secti

SUBMITTER: Weis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8268920 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature