Thursday 27 February 2014

High Risk of HIV Infection is During Pregnancy and Postpartum Period

Women are at high risk of acquiring HIV infection if they are living in world regions where HIV infection is common, during pregnancy and the postpartum period, as suggested by US researchers, report published in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i. Alison Drake and colleagues from the University of Washington in Seattle also found that mothers who acquire HIV during pregnancy or postpartum are more likely to pass the infection on to their offspring than mothers with chronic HIV ...

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