Mother-to-Child Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- 3 August 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 333 (5) , 298-303
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199508033330507
Abstract
Heterosexual transmission is responsible for most infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The increase in pediatric HIV infection has had a substantial impact on childhood mortality, both in industrialized countries, such as the United States,1 and in developing countries.2 In some areas in sub-Saharan Africa, 10 to 30 percent of pregnant women are HIV-infected, and infection is now spreading to parts of Southeast Asia.Reporting of pediatric cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to public health authorities, registers of HIV-infected children, and unlinked anonymous testing of antenatal and neonatal blood samples make it possible to monitor the prevalence . . .Keywords
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