| Literature DB >> 21792062 |
Scott Dryden-Peterson1, Oluwemimo Jayeoba, Michael D Hughes, Haruna Jibril, Koona Keapoletswe, Josephine Tlale, Taolo A Modise, Aida Asmelash, Sikhulile Moyo, Erik van Widenfelt, Joseph Makhema, Max Essex, Roger L Shapiro, Shahin Lockman.
Abstract
Few studies have compared the programmatic effectiveness of the recommended strategies of antenatal highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission. We prospectively followed infants (93% formula fed) whose mothers who took either HAART (258 infants) or zidovudine (170 infants) during pregnancy in the Botswana national program. Overall, 10 infants (2.5%) acquired HIV--9 infants in the zidovudine group (5.5%, 95% confidence interval: 2.6% to 10.2%) and 1 infant in the HAART group (0.4%, 95% confidence interval: 0.0% to 2.2%). Maternal HAART was associated with decreased prevention of mother-to-child transmission (P = 0.001) and improved HIV-free survival (P = 0.040) compared with zidovudine (with or without single-dose nevirapine) in a programmatic setting.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21792062 PMCID: PMC3196679 DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31822d4063
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr ISSN: 1525-4135 Impact factor: 3.731