Prompt Initiation of Maternal Antiretroviral Therapy After HIV Seroconversion in Pregnancy Effectively Prevents Vertical Transmission and Other Adverse Infant Outcomes

  • Kavya G. Sundar
  • , Lanbo Z. Yang
  • , Mary C. Cambou
  • , Ivana R.S. Varella
  • , Marineide G. Melo
  • , Eddy R. Segura
  • , Ângela P. Ziegler
  • , Breno R. Santos
  • , Karin Nielsen-Saines

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From January 2008 to December 2018, 1348 HIV-exposed infants were born in Porto Alegre, Brazil; 18.8% had adverse infant outcomes (AIO) including vertical transmission (1.9%), stillbirth/neonatal death (4.0%) and loss to follow-up before HIV diagnosis (12.9%). Timing of maternal HIV diagnosis was not associated with AIO but absent antiretroviral therapy use was. Lack of maternal antiretroviral therapy use is a significant risk factor for AIO.

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Páginas (desde-hasta)40-43
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volumen44
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 ene. 2025
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