title: Incidence of human immunodeficiency virus antibody in a prenatal population at a community hospital.
abstract: Prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening may reduce vertical HIV transmission. We screened 4,419 prenatal sera and found 38 repeatedly reactive specimens with an HIV-1-HIV-2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Western blot analysis confirmed four of these specimens as positive for HIV-1 antibodies. Screening detects previously unidentified HIV infections, but false-positive results may also occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio 44304, USA. alexandt@summa-health.org
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yen-Lieberman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies