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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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The time to recommend antenatal HIV screening for all pregnant women has arrived.

TL;DR: The facts show that existing practice in Australia fails to identify a number of preventable cases of mother-to-child transmission, and any recommendation to offer testing to all pregnant women would need to be accompanied by systematic strengthening of counselling and consent procedures.
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Treatment of acute C hepatitis in HIV-infected patients.

TL;DR: PegIFN a-2b was administered on a openlabel basis to 4 consecutive HIV-infected patients who developed ACH with rates of SVR higher than those achievable with pegIFN and ribavirin in chronic C hepatitis, with the primary endpoint the SVR, defined as a negative RT-PCR result 24 weeks after the end of treatment.
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The role of HIV- and SIV-specific CD8+ T cells in the establishment of persistent HIV and SIV infections.

TL;DR: This dissertation aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, which aims to provide real-time information about the response of the immune system to EMTs.
Dissertation

Adherence and sustained access to antiretroviral treatment in the Free State public health sector: a gender perspective

TL;DR: Examining how gender influences adherence to ARV medications and sustained access to treatment among patients on ART in the Free State public health sector found that the strongest predictors of medication nonadherence among men included financial difficulties in visiting hospital facilities and poor treatment knowledge.
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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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