title: Effective program against mother-to-child transmission of HIV at Saint Camille Medical Centre in Burkina Faso.
abstract: The present research was aimed to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV; to use RT-PCR in order to detect, 6 months after birth, infected children; and to test the antiretroviral resistance of both children and mothers in order to offer them a suitable therapy. At the Saint Camille Medical Centre, 3,127 pregnant women (aged 15-44 years) accepted to be enrolled in the mother-to-child transmission prevention protocol that envisages: (i) Voluntary Counselling and Testing for all the pregnant women; (ii) Antiretroviral therapy for HIV positive pregnant women and for their newborns; (iii) either powdered milk feeding or short breast-feeding and RT-PCR test for their children; (iv) finally, pol gene sequencing and antiretroviral resistance identifications among HIV positive mothers and children. Among the patients, 227/3,127 HIV seropositive women were found: 221/227 HIV-1, 4/227 HIV-2, and 2/227 mixed HIV infections. The RT-PCR test allowed the detection of 3/213 (1.4%) HIV infected children: 0/109 (0%) from mothers under ARV therapy and 3/104 (2.8%) from mothers treated with Nevirapine. All children had recombinant HIV-1 strain (CRF06_CPX) with: minor PR mutations (M36I, K20I) and RT mutations (R211K). Among them, two twins had Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor mutation (Y18CY). Both mothers acquired a major PR mutation (V8IV), investigated 6 months after a single-dose of Nevirapine. Prevention by single-dose of Nevirapine reduced significantly mother-to-child transmission of HIV, but caused many mutations and resistance to antiretroviral drugs. Based on present study the antiretroviral therapy protocol, together with the artificial-feeding, might represent the ideal strategy to avoid transmission of HIV from mother-to-child.
authors.affiliation: Camille Medical Centre, Ouagadougou, Solidarity Reception Centre of Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Simpore
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pietra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pignatelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karou
authors.forename: W M C
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Nadembega
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ilboudo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ceccherini-Silberstein
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Ghilat-Avoid-Belem
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bellocchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saleri
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sanou
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ouedraogo
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nikiema
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colizzi
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Perno
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Musumeci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002050:Burkina Faso; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents