Cavarelli M., Scarlatti G (Unit of Viral Evolution and Transmission, DITID, San Raffaele
Scientific Institute). Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mother‐to‐child transmission and …

Worldwide every year approximately 750 000 children become infected with HIV, mostly
through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). Without specific interventions, the rate of …

When the results of ACTG 076, a clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health,
were published in 1994, it was already clear that the AIDS toll in sub-Saharan Africa and …

Approximately half of the 33.4 million persons living with the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) worldwide are women of reproductive age, and among the 2.1 million HIV-infected …

As of the end of 1995, over 90 percent of the reported cases of AIDS in children were
acquired through mother-to-infant transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

An estimated 800,000 children acquired HIV-infection in 2002, most as a result of mother-to-
child transmission (MTCT), and vertically-acquired HIV infection continues to be of major …

OBJECTIVE: To identify missed opportunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission
of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS: Data regarding HIV-infected children …

The HIV pandemic has greatly affected women of childbearing age in developing countries
and, thus, their offspring, through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the virus. Scientific …

Cases of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-
1) in a prospective cohort study in Latin America and the Caribbean were analyzed. Eight of …

Recent data on primary prevention of HIV-1 in women of child-bearing age, and use of
antiretrovirals in breastfeeding infants and lactating mothers, report successful interventions …