Vertical transmission of HIV is falling in Britain

Pregnant women infected with HIV in the British Isles are increasingly taking up interventions to reduce the risk of infecting their baby. An analysis of surveillance data by Duong et al (p 1227) showed large increases in the proportion of elective caesarean section deliveries and use of antiretroviral treatment to reduce vertical transmission of HIV infection over the past four years. As a result vertical transmission of HIV has fallen from 19% in 1995 to 2% in 1998 among mothers whose diagnosis had been known during pregnancy.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Article

Vertical transmission rates for HIV in the British Isles: estimates based on surveillance data
Trinh Duong, A E Ades, Diana M Gibb, Pat A Tookey, and Janet Masters
BMJ 1999 319: 1227-1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Access jobs at BMJ Careers
Whats new online at Student BMJ