Illness during pregnancy and bacterial vaginosis are associated with in-utero HIV-1 transmission

dc.contributor.author	Farquhar, C
dc.contributor.author	Mbori-Ngacha, DA
dc.contributor.author	Overbaugh, J
dc.contributor.author	Wamalwa, D
dc.contributor.author	Harris, J
dc.contributor.author	Bosire, R
dc.contributor.author	John-Stewart, G
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-10T12:16:15Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-10T12:16:15Z
dc.date.issued	2010-01
dc.identifier.citation	AIDS. 2010 Jan 2;24(1):153-5	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19952542
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30785
dc.description.abstract	HIV-1 transmission in utero accounts for 20-30% of vertical transmission events in breast-feeding populations. In a prospective study of 463 HIV-1-infected mothers and infants, illness during pregnancy was associated with 2.6-fold increased risk of in-utero HIV-1 transmission [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-5.8] and bacterial vaginosis with a three-fold increase (95% CI 1.0-7.0) after adjusting for maternal HIV-1 viral load. Interventions targeting these novel risk factors could lead to more effective prevention of transmission during pregnancy	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi.	en
dc.title	Illness during pregnancy and bacterial vaginosis are associated with in-utero HIV-1 transmission	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya	en