title: Reducing the risk of perinatal HIV-1 transmission with zidovudine: results and implications of AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol 076.
abstract: This paper reviews the rationale for the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) protocol 076 design, the study results and the implications of these results, including discussion of the US Public Health Service Task Force recommendations on the use of zidovudine to reduce perinatal transmission and for prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric, Adolescent & Maternal AIDS Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mofenson
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018580:Mandatory Testing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D015215:Zidovudine