HIV/AIDS
Findings from D.J. Jamieson and co-authors provide new insights into HIV/AIDS
Published in AIDS Weekly, December 17th, 2007
"In the United States, current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing guidelines recommend an opt-out approach for pregnant women, whereby HIV testing is incorporated routinely into the standard panel of prenatal tests with the option to decline. Current recommendations for the initiation of treatment of HIV infection in pregnant women are the same as those for nonpregnant women," scientists in the United States report.
"However, the special circumstances of pregnancy raise additional issues that are related to potential drug toxicity to the mother and fetus, which affect the choice of antiretroviral drugs to be used. For HIV-infected pregnant women who do not...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-12-17)
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