Decreasing incidence of pregnancy by decreasing CD4 cell count in HIV-infected women in Côte d'Ivoire: a 7-year cohort study.
In a cohort study of women of childbearing age in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, we followed 473 HIV-infected women for 1551 person-years, and found that the incidence of pregnancy and livebirth decreased with decreasing CD4 cell counts. This has consequences in terms of scaling-up strategies for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Women who need HAART will be less likely than those who do not to be recruited into prenatal care facilities.
Loko
Marc-Arthur
MA
INSERM U.593, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
Toure
Siaka
S
Dakoury-Dogbo
Nicole
N
Gabillard
Delphine
D
Leroy
Valériane
V
Anglaret
Xavier
X
D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000276:immunology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome