[Antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS seropositive pregnant women in Cuba].
It was assessed that the number of HIV infected children due to vertical transmission increases every day and that is why the early diagnosis in the HIV+ pregnat women and the administration of antivirals in the prenatal stage to reduce the transmission is so important. Taking these factors into account, from 1997 on, it was decided in Cuba to administer AZT to all HIV+ pregnant women and to the newborn infant, as it is established in the protocol 076, which considerably reduced the number of infected children.
González Núñez
Ida
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Apartado 601, Marianao 13, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. ciipk@ipk.sld.cu
Díaz Jidy
Manuel
M
Pérez Avila
Jorge
J
Mengana Gutiérrez
Héctor L
HL
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D015215:Zidovudine