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Girls at higher risk for in utero and perinatal HIV infection

Published in AIDS Weekly, June 12th, 2006

Girls are at higher risk than boys for in utero and perinatal HIV infection.

According to recent research published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, "This study analyzed mother-to-child HIV transmission rates by sex and exposure time for babies born to HIV-infected, untreated African women.

"Data were analyzed from 2 independent studies done in Malawi during the 1990s. Infections were established by polymerase chain reaction oil blood samples. Odds ratios (ORs) for transmission were examined by period at risk: in utero (infected in umbilical cord blood), perinatal (infected in 1st postnatal blood: 4 weeks), and postnatal...

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