Anti-retroviral therapy failure in HIV-1 infected pregnant women and its associated risk of HIV transmission.

Nikhil S BardeskarSwati P Ahir-BistPreeti R MehtaPadmaja Samant-MavaniRuchi NanavatiJayanti Mania-Pramanik

Published in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2020)

This study highlights that a significant proportion of women on ART had impaired viral load control. The rate of HIV transmission to infants was also significantly high among these women. This warrants viral load monitoring of HIV infected women to reduce the overall transmission to the infants.

Keyphrases

hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
polycystic ovary syndrome
human immunodeficiency virus
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
hiv positive
hiv aids
cervical cancer screening
hiv testing
breast cancer risk
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
men who have sex with men
bone marrow
smoking cessation