Use of Zidovudine (Zdv) To Reduce Perinatal Hiv Transmission in Hrsa-Funded Programs (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0260456322 ISBN 13: 9780260456328

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Use of Zidovudine (Zdv) To Reduce Perinatal Hiv Transmission in Hrsa-Funded Programs

In February 1994, the National Institutes of Health (nih) announced findings of a study sponsored by the Pediatric aids Clinical Trials Group (actg) which found that a regimen of Zidovudine (zdv) reduced perinatal transmission of hiv by two-thirds in infants whose mothers met specific eligibility criteria. (specifics of the trial and its findings are discussed under actg 076, page These findings have direct implications for the growing number of women with hiv disease, for their children, families, and providers, and for the multiple systems that deliver ongoing services and care.

In response to these findings, agencies of the us. Public Health Service (phs) developed recommendations for providing hiv counseling and voluntary testing to pregnant women1 (see Appendix A) and for offering the zdv perinatal regimen to pregnant women with hiv2 (see Appendix B).

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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0260456322
• ISBN 13: 9780260456328
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 38
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