Prenatal care of a HIV-1-positive pregnancy and birth

Mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) is now the main route of infection in HIV-positive children. Without any medical measures and avoiding breastfeeding the rate of vertical HIV-1-transmission is 15-20% in Europe. The rate of vertical HIV-transm...

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Published inZentralblatt für Gynäkologie Vol. 121; no. 11; p. 549
Main Authors Beichert, M, Buchholz, B, Weigel, M, Martini, M, Breitkreutz, R, Melchert, F
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 1999
Subjects
Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use
Cesarean Section
Female
Germany - epidemiology
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - statistics & numerical data
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - drug therapy
Pregnancy Outcome
Prenatal Care - methods
Germany
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Summary:Mother-to-child (vertical) transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) is now the main route of infection in HIV-positive children. Without any medical measures and avoiding breastfeeding the rate of vertical HIV-1-transmission is 15-20% in Europe. The rate of vertical HIV-transmission in the German centers is today approximately 2%. This low risk is the result of interdisciplinary prenatal care, antiretroviral therapy according to the individual risk profile as well as cesarean section before onset of labor, and antiretroviral treatment of neonates in the centers.
ISSN:0044-4197