HIV/AIDS Mother-to-Child Transmission
ZDV plus 3TC is the most effective regimen in reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission
Published in AIDS Weekly, January 16th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal AIDS, "Peripartum antiretroviral regimens have been shown to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in randomized clinical trials; however, direct comparison of published results is impossible given methodological and population differences."
The "efficacy of different antiretroviral regimens in reducing the risk of 6-week MTCT rate in African breastfeeding populations" was directly compared. A pooled analysis included "all mother-infant pairs" from...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-01-16)
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