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Two-Dose Intrapartum/Newborn Nevirapine and Standard Antiretroviral Therapy to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission

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Risk of perinatal HIV transmission was low and no benefit from additional intrapartum/newborn nevirapine was demonstrated when women received prenatal care and antenatal ART, and elective cesarean section was made available.
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The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 368 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nevirapine.

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Cost-effectiveness of nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in eight African countries.

TL;DR: Small reductions in maternal HIV prevalence or unintended pregnancy by HIV-infected women have equivalent impacts on infant HIV incidence and should be part of an overall strategy to lessen numbers of infant infections.
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Effects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Duration and Regimen on Risk for Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa

TL;DR: Late initiation of HAART is associated with increased risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among women in Africa who start treatment for advanced immunosuppression, and strategies are needed to facilitate earlier identification of HIV-infected women.
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Pharmacokinetics of Antiretrovirals in Pregnant Women

TL;DR: Pregnancy does not appear to have a significant effect on the pharmacokinetics of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor nevirapine and there are no data describing the pharmacodynamics of the other non- nucleosid reverse transcript enzyme inhibitors during pregnancy.
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Lamivudine-zidovudine combination for prevention of maternal-infant transmission of HIV-1

TL;DR: Lamivudine-zidovudine prophylaxis therapy may be effective in preventing maternal-infant HIV transmission, however, severe adverse effects and emergence of resistance to lamivUDine occurred.
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