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Growing HIV Infection Rate Among Females Is Cause for Grave Concern
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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HIV/AIDS statistics for women and girls are startling.
Is HIV testing during labor feasible?
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Feb 27, 2009 |
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Cameroon is a sub-Saharan African country with high HIV rates yet many pregnant women do not know their HIV status. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth has shown that HIV testing during ...
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Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in low-income countries
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May 06, 2008 |
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Can HIV transmission in pregnancy in low income settings be prevented with round the clock rapid testing in labor?
Combination antiretroviral therapy effective at reducing HIV resistance in mothers and babies
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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In a clinical trial investigating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa published this week in PLoS Medicine, Neil Martinson (of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa) and colleagues find that a ...
Study: Cancer may pass from mother to unborn child
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has provided genetic evidence for the first time that it is possible for a mother to transmit cancer to her unborn child via the placenta.
Antenatal HIV
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Nov 22, 2007 |
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South Africa's Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programme has severe shortcomings that could be doing more harm than good. HIV patients are missing out on opportunities to receive a key intervention namely ...
Resistant HIV quickly hides in infants' cells
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Apr 30, 2007 |
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New evidence shows that drug-resistant virus passed from mother-to-child can quickly establish itself in infants’ CD4+ T cells where it can hide for years, likely limiting their options for future treatment. The study is ...
Extended infant antiretroviral prophylaxis reduces HIV risk during breastfeeding
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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In many resource-poor countries, infants born to mothers with HIV receive a single dose of nevirapine (NVP) and a one-week dose of zidovudine (ZDV) to prevent transmission of HIV from the mother to her newborn. The results ...
Study finds fears of HIV transmission in families with infected parent
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Nov 03, 2008 |
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Despite ongoing efforts to educate the public about HIV, a new study by researchers from UCLA, the RAND Corp., Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has found that two-thirds of families with an HIV-infected parent ...
Many pregnant women avoid HIV screening in Africa
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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'Prevention is the best cure' is a common expression, but what happens if preventative measures are not used? A large proportion of pregnant Ugandan women are going out of their way not to be HIV tested, increasing the risk ...
What you give, might not always be received
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A fundamental process in the transmission of genes from mother to child has been identified by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. The new study published in the December issue of the journal ...
Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns
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Oct 16, 2009 |
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Mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV-1 infection are less likely than untreated mothers to transmit the virus to their newborns through breastfeeding, according to a new study. The findings, ...
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