HIV-1 and pregnant women: associated factors; prevalence; estimate of incidence and role in fetal wastage in central Africa
AIDS (Lond.)
; 4(8): 733-6, 1990.
Artigo
em Inglês
| AIM (África)
| ID: biblio-1256007
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ABSTRACT
The major goals of this study were to measure the current prevalence and estimate the annual incidence of HIV-1 infection in young pregnant women from urban Malawi; to identify factors that were associated with HIV-1 infection; and to examine adverse pregnancy outcomes. Four hundred and sixty-one consecutive pregnant women were studied when they presented for prenatal care. The overall seroprevalence for HIV-1 infection in these urban populations was 17.6 percent (81 out of 461) during early 1989. Based on previous seroprevalence in similar unselected pregnant women; the estimated annual incidence of HIV-1 seroconversion in urban pregnant women ranged from 3 to 4 percent per annum between 1985 and 1987 and from 7 to 13 percent between 1987 and 1989. HIV-1 infection was significantly associated with reactive syphilis serology. Reported history of sexually transmitted disease was also correlated with HIV-1 infection but was not statistically significant. Other variables; such as history of transfusion; history of tuberculosis; parity or occupation were not associated with HIV-1 infection. History of spontaneous abortion was significantly associated with reactive syphilis serology; HIV-1 infection and history of sexually transmitted disease. In logistic regression analysis; HIV-1 infection remained the only significant variable that was correlated with spontaneous abortion. This study suggests that HIV-1 infection may play a role in fetal wastage
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Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Tuberculose
Base de dados:
AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
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Gravidez
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Resultado da Gravidez
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Sífilis
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
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HIV
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Aborto
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Hospitais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de incidência
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Estudo de prevalência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
AIDS (Lond.)
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Artigo