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Incidence of HIV vertical transmission among HIV-positive pregnant women treated at a regional reference service
Incidência de transmissão vertical do HIV entre gestantes soropositivas cadastradas em um serviço de referência regional
Incidencia de transmisión vertical del vih entre las gestantes seropositivas registradas en un servicio de referencia regional
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Abstract Objective: surveying and to characterizing the incidence of HIV vertical transmission, from 2004 to 2013,
among pregnant women accompanied by a referral service in STD, HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in the
countryside of Minas Gerais. Method: it is a quantitative descriptive study. Data were obtain... view more
Objective: surveying and to characterizing the incidence of HIV vertical transmission, from 2004 to 2013,
among pregnant women accompanied by a referral service in STD, HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in the
countryside of Minas Gerais. Method: it is a quantitative descriptive study. Data were obtained from the
medical records of women infected by HIV registered in the unit. For analysis, there was used the simple
descriptive statistics. It was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Higher Education Foundation
of Passos (FESP), with CAAE: 28399314.8.0000.5112. Results: of the 33 pregnancies treated at the service,
60,6% (20) knew the diagnosis before pregnancy and 39,4% (13) of them obtained it during the prenatal
period. In the first group there was no vertical transmission, while in the second group, there was one case,
8%. Conclusion: it is recommended that pregnant women do the test still in the first three months of
pregnancy, because late diagnosis makes difficult doing prophylaxis.... view less
Keywords
pregnancy; AIDS; sexually transmitted disease; prophylaxis; expectant mother; health care; Brazil; South America
Classification
Medicine, Social Medicine
Free Keywords
vertical infectious disease transmission; HIV; communicable disease prevention; maternal-child health services
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 4526-4537
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4526-4537
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed