HIV/AIDS
Study results from Cidade University broaden understanding of HIV/AIDS
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 28th, 2010
According to a study from Presidente Prudente, Brazil, "A significant number of Brazilian gestational-age women are still not tested for HIV, representing a high risk of transmission to their newborns. The current study sought to identify the number of pregnant women with no previous testing or undocumented for HIV referred to the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of a Regional Teaching Hospital and included diagnosis of HIV infection determined by a rapid test and perinatal transmission in pregnancy."
"Medical records of all pregnant women admitted to hospital from January 2001 to December 2005 were reviewed. Pregnant women without HIV results were submitted to a...
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