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. 2018 Dec;37(12):1267-1270.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002084.

Is There a Higher Risk of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV Among Pregnant Women With Perinatal HIV Infection?

Christopher J Goodenough  1 , Kunjal Patel  2 , Russell B Van Dyke  3 ; Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS)
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Is There a Higher Risk of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV Among Pregnant Women With Perinatal HIV Infection?

Christopher J Goodenough et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Cases of mother-to-child-transmission in the Surveillance Monitoring of ART Toxicities Study of Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study were identified from 2007 to 2015. Among 2123 births, 9 infants were HIV infected, giving a mother-to-child-transmission rate of 0.5% (95% confidence interval: 0.3%-1.0%). Mothers with perinatal HIV infections had a higher mother-to-child-transmission rate (1.1%; 95% confidence interval: 0.3%-4.3%) than mothers without perinatal HIV infections (0.4%; 95% confidence interval: 0.2%-1.0%), associated with a greater likelihood of detectable viral load at delivery.

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Conflict of Interest

Christopher J Goodenough: No conflict

Russell B Van Dyke: No conflict.

Kunjal Patel: No conflict.

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