title: [HIV infection and human reproduction].
abstract: Problems connected with HIV infection, especially with its transmission, problems of HIV infection as an indicator of the termination of pregnancy, the role of pregnancy in the activation of latent HIV infection, and the possibility of the transmission of HIV infection by breast feeding are put forward and discussed. The authors present the results of their own studies of the presence of HIV antigen in the genital secretion, fetal tissue, and amniotic fluid in 4 anti-HIV positive pregnant women, in whom pregnancy was interrupted because of HIV infection. HIV antigen was positive in the cervical secretion and fetal tissue of one of the four pregnant women, whose diagnosis was ab. imminens. The presence of HIV virus, probably also of HIV antigen, in the cervical secretion appears significant for the transmission of infection from mother to child and for the occurrence of spontaneous abortion. When it is not possible to apply the method of HIV virus isolation, the determination of HIV antigen could have a prognostic importance of the effect of HIV on the course and outcome of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: SANU, Odeljenje medicinskih nauka, Institut za mikrobiologiju i imunologiju, Medicinskog fakulteta u Beogradu.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sulović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bujko
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sbutega-Milosević
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pantović
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: HIV infekcija i humana reprodukcija.