Chapter 38. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Pregnancy

  1. John T. Queenan MD Professor Chairman2,
  2. John C. Hobbins MD Professor3,
  3. Catherine Y. Spong MD4
  1. Howard Minkoff MD Chair Professor

Published Online: 9 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9781444323870.ch38

Book Title

Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies: An Evidence-Based Approach, Fifth Edition

Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies: An Evidence-Based Approach, Fifth Edition

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How to Cite

Minkoff, H. (2010) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Pregnancy, in Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies: An Evidence-Based Approach, Fifth Edition (eds J. T. Queenan, J. C. Hobbins and C. Y. Spong), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444323870.ch38

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Georgetown University School Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 3

    Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

  3. 4

    Bethesda, MD, USA

Author Information

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center and State University of New York (SUNY), Brooklyn, NY, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 9 JUL 2010
  2. Published Print: 18 JUN 2010

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405196505

Online ISBN: 9781444323870

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Keywords:

  • human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection - in pregnancy;
  • HIV disease, uniquely dreaded and rapidly fatal illness;
  • women's health maintenance - preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV;
  • circumcision, lowering risk of transmission to men;
  • HIV-2, originally confined to West Africa;
  • HIV, single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA)-enveloped virus;
  • risks from drug exposure in pregnancy;
  • prophylaxis for opportunistic infections and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia;
  • Mycobacterium avium complex;
  • TMP-SMZ, prophylaxis against Toxoplasma encephalitis in women - seropositive for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Overview

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathophysiology

  • Diagnosis and management

  • Conclusions

  • Suggested reading

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