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AIDS Alert. 1999 Feb;14(2):suppl 1-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/20700040
Abstract: Although interventions aimed at preventing HIV transmission have focused on HIV-positive pregnant women, a larger group is also at risk: HIV-negative pregnant women. These women are at risk of becoming infected unknowingly and transmitting the disease to their infants. Forced sexual abstinence before and after delivery are common in the developing world, and it is acceptable for men to visit sex workers during that time. These men could possibly expose their partners to the virus, who may pass it to the baby via breast-feeding. A hypothetical case of how quickly the disease could spread among 100,000 pregnant women is demonstrated. The prolonged period of breast-feeding in many developing countries, often more than 2 years, increases the chances that the children could become infected.
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