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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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Socio demographic characteristics, antenatal clinic attendance and PMTCT knowledge of postnatal HIV+ women at an urban public health facility in Nairobi, Kenya

TL;DR: This article was scanned from a hard copy of the East and Central Africa medical journal Vol.2 no1 2015 and is based on a report published in this journal in May 2015.
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Safety of antiretrovirals in pregnacy

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The effectiveness of PMTCT programmes through the measurement of NVP coverage in populations of women delivering in designated areas in the Western Cape Region of South Africa

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Research issues in perinatal HIV

TL;DR: This article summarizes the major research issues and gaps in knowledge in the Indian set-up regarding maternally transmitted HIV.
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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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