Unmet needs of highrisk mothers reduce success of antiretroviral treatment in HIVinfected infants
| Autor: | Z Mvo, V Ntlantsana, N Bengu, J Millar, J Roider, R Bhoola, M Krishna, Y Graza, J van Lobenstein, C Kapongo, C Kogielambal, K Sprenger, M Archary, T Ndung'u, P Goulder |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | South African Medical Journal, Vol 108, Iss 8, Pp 609-610 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2078-5135 0256-9574 |
| DOI: | 10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i8.13376 |
| Popis: | In the era of effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the same psychosocioeconomic factors that predispose to mother-to-child transmission also substantially increase the likelihood of antiretroviral therapy failure in infected infants. For HIV-infected infants to benefit from early infant diagnosis and treatment initiation, into which much funding and effort is now invested, it is vital that these unmet needs of high-risk mothers are urgently attended to. From an ongoing study of early infant diagnosis and treatment following in utero transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we describe four cases to highlight these challenges facing transmitting mothers that contribute to treatment failure in their infants. |
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