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A Declining Trend in Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in US, Yet Not Enough
Paediatric HIV experts at the University of Florida said that In US, the decreasing number of paediatric infections is a direct result of the advent of powerful anti-HIV therapies in the mid-1990s and the establishment of protocols by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to treat pregnant women who are infected, and their babies.
Increased HIV-testing outreach and education efforts have also paid off. And CDC guidelines for "opt-out" HIV-testing for pregnant women mean testing is a routine part of their care, and women would have to specifically decline it.
Rapid testing during labour and delivery gives one last chance to administer therapies that can prevent transmission.
"This is one of those diseases for which we learned how to prevent transmission. We need to make full use of this method and our energies need to be focused on the effort," said lead researcher Dr. Mobeen Rathore.
"The reduction of mother-to-child HIV transmission is one of the biggest success stories of the HIV epidemic. The question is, 'How low can we go?'" said Thomas Liberti, chief of the bureau of HIV/AIDS in the Florida Department of Health.
Researchers reviewed pediatric HIV data for the period from 2002-09, and found 102 cases.
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