The Impact of Maternal Syphilis and Associated Factors on HIV Vertical Transmission.
Lisiane Hoff CalegariLuciana FriedrichVitória Rech AstolfiJuliana Maria KerberGustavo Santos AndradesClécio Homrich da SilvaPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
Maternal syphilis may increase HIV vertical transmission or it may be a marker of other risk factors. In a Brazilian historical series, HIV vertical transmission risk was higher in newborns exposed to maternal syphilis-HIV co-infection than in newborns exposed to maternal HIV infection alone. Maternal syphilis was a risk factor for HIV vertical transmission independent of education and prenatal visits but not independent of maternal elevated HIV viral loads or inadequate maternal antiretroviral treatment.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- birth weight
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- pregnancy outcomes
- hiv infected patients
- gestational age
- risk factors
- pregnant women
- south africa
- sars cov
- weight gain
- cord blood
- weight loss
- preterm infants
- combination therapy
- smoking cessation