Pregnant and breastfeeding women: A priority population for HIV viral load monitoring
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چکیده
Landon Myer and colleagues discuss viral load monitoring for pregnant HIV-positive women and those breastfeeding; ART treatments can suppress viral load and are key to preventing transmission to the child.
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Nowhere are the global inequities in healthcare more apparent than in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Every day 700 children <15 years of age are newly infected with HIV, most through perinatal infection, with >90% of these infections occurring in the developing world [1, 2]. Without access to antiretroviral therapy, one-third of these children will die by 1 year ...
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دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017