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HIV infection and pregnancy: diagnostic and follow-up program for the pregnant woman and newborn child.

Acta Eur Fertil. 1988 May-Jun;19(3):143-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89147393
Baldoni A; Mencaglia L; Gentili AM; Giannone E; Gilardi G; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Perugia,; Italy.

Abstract: The authors take as their starting point the cases of 8 pregnancies in HIV serologically positive women, admitted for their observation from July 1986 to March 1988. They emphasize the importance of clinical, anamnestic and serological screening in order to identify those subjects at risk, and thereby prevent the vertical transmission of the virus. To this end, they propose a protocol to be used for all women at risk, both pregnant and not, both seropositive and seronegative. They also advise repeated clinical and immunological checks of the children of asymptomatic carrier mothers.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*DIAGNOSIS Adolescence Adult AIDS Serodiagnosis/METHODS Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Follow-Up Studies Human HIV/*IMMUNOLOGY HIV Antibodies/ANALYSIS HIV Seropositivity/*DIAGNOSIS Infant, Newborn Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/*DIAGNOSIS Risk Factors JOURNAL ARTICLE

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