Sero-prevalance of HIV antibodies in pregnant women in Port Harcourt
| Autor: | H C Opurum, A C Ojule, C T John, CI Akani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy Routine screening Complications of pregnancy biology Transmission (medicine) business.industry Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virus diseases General Medicine medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Sero prevalence medicine biology.protein Port harcourt Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine; Vol 15, No 1 (2006); 44-48 |
| ISSN: | 1115-2613 |
| Popis: | 6,7 truly sero-positive. 90% of infections in Children. The number of children Results: The sero-positivity rate was 7.3% Sixty-nine living with HIV infection globally is estimated at 1.3 million, 1 point seven percent (69.7%) of all sero-positive cases with 33.8 million deaths since the epidemic began. Subwere primiparae, with 84% in advanced stages of Saharan Africa harbours most of these infections and nd rd pregnancy (2 and 3 trimesters). History of blood deaths, accounting for over 90% of the world's children with transfusion, dental manipulations, tattooing and HIV. It is estimated that about 2.4 million HIV-positive circumcision did not contribute significantly to women get pregnant each year with about 600,000 children increased HIV sero-positivity . getting infected through MTCT (vertical transmission) each Conclusion: There is high HIV sero-positivity rate year and about 1600 to 1800 children getting infected every 6,8 among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in day through this mechanism . Port Harcourt. The implications of this finding in HIV infection has thus become one of the most relation to vertical transmission, transmission of common complications of pregnancy in some developing 2 nosocomial infection and increased occupational countries. This has major implications for the management exposure of laboratory and hospital staff to HIV of pregnancy and birth. If the HIV status of a pregnant infection is discussed. Compulsory routine screening woman is known, several intervention strategies are now of all pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in available that can substantially reduce the rate of mother to |
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