Antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and early neonatal life: consequences for HIV-exposed, uninfected children
Braz. j. infect. dis
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8(2): 140-150, Apr. 2004.
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en Inglés
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RESUMO
Women have emerged as the fastest growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected population worldwide, mainly because of the increasing occurrence of heterosexual transmission. Most infected women are of reproductive age and one of the greatest concerns for both women and their physicians is that more than 1,600 infants become infected with HIV each day. Almost all infections are a result of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. With the advent of combination antiretroviral therapies, transmission rates lower than 2 percent have been achieved in clinical studies. Antiretroviral compounds differ from most other new pharmaceutical agents in that they have become widely prescribed in pregnancy in the absence of proof of safety. We reviewed antiretroviral agents used in pregnant women infected with human immunodeficiency virus, mother-to-child transmission, and their consequences for infants.
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Asunto principal:
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo
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Infecciones por VIH
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Transmisión Vertical de Enfermedad Infecciosa
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Fármacos Anti-VIH
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Recién Nacido
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Embarazo
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Asunto de la revista:
Enfermedades Transmisibles
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
University of São Paulo/BR
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