| Title: |
Insufficient antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy: missed opportunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Europe |
| Authors: |
Bailey, H; Townsend, C; Cortina-Borja, M; Thorne, C; European Collaborative Study EuroC |
| Source: |
Antiviral Therapy , 16 (6) 895 - 903. (2011) |
| Publisher Information: |
INT MEDICAL PRESS LTD |
| Publication Year: |
2011 |
| Collection: |
University College London: UCL Discovery |
| Subject Terms: |
HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; FRENCH PERINATAL COHORT; INFECTED WOMEN; HIV-1-INFECTED WOMEN; UNITED-KINGDOM; MEDICAL-CARE; RISK-FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; MANAGEMENT; IRELAND |
| Description: |
Background: Although mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rates are at an all-time low in Western Europe, potentially preventable transmissions continue to occur. Duration of antenatal combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is strongly associated with MTCT risk.Methods: Data on pregnant HIV-infected women enrolled in the Western and Central European sites of the European Collaborative Study between January 2000 and July 2009 were analysed. The proportion of women receiving no antenatal ART or 1-13 days of treatment was investigated, and associated factors explored using logistic regression models.Results: Of 2,148 women, 142 (7%) received no antenatal ART, decreasing from 8% in 2000-2003 to 5% in 2004-2009 (chi(2)=8.73; P |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1326689/1/1326689_Insuff%2520ART%2520paper.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1326689/ |
| Availability: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1326689/1/1326689_Insuff%2520ART%2520paper.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1326689/ |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6093E562 |
| Database: |
BASE |