Research & News
Toddler Functionally Cured of HIV Infection
Mar 03, 2013
A two year-old child born with HIV infection and treated with antiretroviral drugs beginning in the first days of life no longer has detectable levels of virus using conventional testing despite not taking HIV medications for 10 months. These findings, presented at the 2013... Read More
Risks of Mother-to-Child Transmission from Non-Disclosure of HIV Status
Feb 28, 2013
Researchers from the French Perinatal Cohort study found that women who did not disclose their HIV-positive status to their partners during pregnancy had a less than optimal experience with perinatal HIV prevention. Although disclosure status did not result in additional... Read More
Policy Statement from AAP on Infant Feeding and HIV Transmission in the U.S.
Feb 03, 2013
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric AIDS, released a policy statement on January 28, 2013, outlining recommendations for feeding HIV-exposed infants in the United States. The statement includes a summary of WHO feeding guidelines for resource-limited... Read More
Use of Neonatal AZT for Prevention of Perinatal HIV Transmission
Jan 31, 2013
Researchers looked at mother infant pairs to determine the optimal length of neonatal AZT treatment for HIV-exposed infants. In this study researchers put low risk infants on an abbreviated 2 week AZT regimen. In this small cohort, a short neonatal course of medications... Read More
Risk of Perinatal HIV Transmission Increased with Presence of Co-Infections
Jan 31, 2013
Co-infections, such as herpes or Hepatitis B, can increase the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by activating agents that enhance HIV replication. Careful screening and treatment of these co-infections can contribute to a decrease in perinatal HIV worldwide.
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Exposure to HIV and Effects on Language in Children
Jan 03, 2013
Researchers from the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study found that those children exposed to HIV in-utero are at risk for language delay. As a result, researchers found that even though they don't show language delays, HIV-exposed infants benefit from regular language... Read More
Safety of Use of Efavirenz During Pregnancy - Meta-Analysis Update
Jan 03, 2013
Researchers updated a meta-analysis of the risk of birth defects from efavirenz use during pregnancy to be current through July 2011. Relative risk of birth defects for those women on efavirenz-included therapy versus those not using efavirenz was 0.85. The incidence of... Read More
PrEP and Timed Intercourse for HIV Serodiscordant Couples
Jan 02, 2013
Researchers found that in 53 cases where the HIV-positive partner was virally supressed, the use of PrEP and timed intercourse was successful in achieving pregnancy at a rate of 75%. This research suggests further studies are needed in resource limited areas to determine... Read More
Premastication and Perinatal HIV Transmission
Jan 02, 2013
As premastication of food for infants has been shown to result in HIV transmission, researchers studied late diagnoses of pediatric HIV to determine if premastication occurred in any of these cases. It was more of a common practice than realized among HIV-positive... Read More
Review of Current Knowledge Around Pregnancy for HIV-Positive Women
Dec 31, 2012
This article, part of the Reproductive Health Matters special issue, focuses on a literature review of what information is available about contraception and family planning options for women with HIV as well as current gaps around best practices for achieving a healthy... Read More