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- Title
HIV infection and zidovudine use in childbearing women.
- Authors
Sia, Jasmine; Paul, Sindy; Martin, Rose Marie; Cross, Helene
- Abstract
The risk of vertical HIV transmission from mother to child has been shown to be markedly decreased through HIV education, counseling, testing, and zidovudine (ZDV) use. The US Public Health Service published guidelines in 1994 for the use of ZDV on the basis of results of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol, a multicenter clinical trial of ZDV. The Public Health Service followed these guidelines with recommendations for routine HIV counseling and testing with informed consent for all pregnant women. New Jersey adopted these guidelines as the standard of care and created a program implementing the standard in all hospitals with maternity units. The purpose of this report was to study the trends in the rate of HIV infection in childbearing women over the past decade and to follow patterns of use of ZDV in the HIV-positive women, as a marker for the success of New Jersey's policy and program to reduce mother-to-child transmission.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 114, Issue 6, pe707
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.2004-0414