Maternal Syphilis: An Independent Risk Factor for Mother to Infant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission.
Sex Transm Dis
; 44(6): 371-375, 2017 06.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28499289
ABSTRACT
Syphilis is associated with increased human immunodeficiency virus acquisition and sexual transmission; we examined impact on human immunodeficiency virus mother-to-child transmission among mother-infant pairs enrolled in the India Six-Week Extended-Dose Nevirapine study. Maternal syphilis, diagnosed serologically using Venereal Disease Research Laboratory titer plus Treponema Pallidum Hemagglutination Assay, was associated with 2.5-fold greater risk.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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Syphilis Serodiagnosis
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Syphilis
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HIV Infections
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
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Point-of-Care Testing
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Sex Transm Dis
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Moldova