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Social care of children born to HIV-infected mothers in Europe. European Collaborative StudyC Thorne
Department of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
AIDS Care 10:7-16. 1998..The type of alternative care varied according to maternal characteristics, child's age and geographic location. The mothers of 98 children had died and average age at maternal death was four years...
Characteristics and management of HIV-1-infected pregnant women enrolled in a randomised trial: differences between Europe and the USAMarie Louise Newell
Centre of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
BMC Infect Dis 7:60. 2007....
Antiretroviral therapy and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1Marie Louise Newell
University College London, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2:717-32. 2004..However, postnatal transmission of infection through breastfeeding significantly reduces the longer-term efficacy of these strategies. Ongoing research is focusing on the use of antiretroviral therapy in the breastfeeding period...
Antenatal and perinatal strategies to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV infectionMarie Louise Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:22-4. 2003..Micronutrient supplementation, including vitamin A, does not reduce MTCT of HIV, but may improve pregnancy outcome generally...
Child mortality and HIV infection in Africa: a reviewMarie Louise Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
AIDS 18:S27-34. 2004..To review the available data relating to child mortality in Africa by the HIV infection status of mothers and children...
CD4 cell response to antiretroviral therapy in children with vertically acquired HIV infection: is it associated with age at initiation?Marie Louise Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 193:954-62. 2006..Considerable uncertainty remains as to whether early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children with vertically acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases the benefit in terms of immunological response...
Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus infectionMarie Louise Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Drugs Today (Barc) 38:321-37. 2002..The long-term natural history of vertically acquired HCV needs further elucidation and the efficacy of potential therapies for infected children need to be evaluated in randomized controlled trials...
Height, weight, and growth in children born to mothers with HIV-1 infection in EuropeMarie Louise Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 111:e52-60. 2003....
Higher rates of post-partum complications in HIV-infected than in uninfected women irrespective of mode of deliverySimona Fiore
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
AIDS 18:933-8. 2004..To inform the debate on the use of elective caesarean section (CS) delivery in HIV-infected women, we investigated the occurrence of clinical events in the immediate post-partum period in women delivering in 13 European centres...
Current issues in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infectionMarie Louise Newell
Infectious Disease Group, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:1-5. 2006..In light of the high mortality in all children of HIV-infected women, programmes for prevention of MTCT should be monitored not only in terms of HIV transmission avoided but also in terms of child survival...
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: challenges for the current decadeM L Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, England
Bull World Health Organ 79:1138-44. 2001..More widely applicable interventions are being developed, such as cleansing of the birth canal and antiretroviral therapy during the breastfeeding period...
Vertical transmission of HIV-1 infectionM L Newell
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 94:1-2. 2000....
Mortality of infected and uninfected infants born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a pooled analysisMarie Louise Newell
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 364:1236-43. 2004..With individual data from seven randomised mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) intervention trials, we estimate mortality in African children born to HIV-infected mothers and analyse selected risk factors...
MaiMwana women's groups: a community mobilisation intervention to improve mother and child health and reduce mortality in rural MalawiMikey Rosato
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH
Malawi Med J 22:112-9. 2010..Their impact, implementation and cost-effectiveness have been rigorously evaluated through a randomized controlled trial design. The results of these evaluations will be reported in 2011...
Disease progression in children with vertically-acquired HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: reviewing the need for HIV treatmentKirsty Little
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Curr HIV Res 5:139-53. 2007..Additionally, improvements in health infrastructures could improve care provision, not only through improved detection and monitoring but also through treatment of co-morbidities and nutritional support...
Antenatal and neonatal antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected women and their infants: a review of safety issuesClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH London, UK
Med Wieku Rozwoj 7:425-36. 2003....
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection and its preventionClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Curr HIV Res 1:447-62. 2003..However, the key to prevention of paediatric HIV infections is adequate prevention of infection in women of reproductive age...
The safety of antiretroviral drugs in pregnancyClaire Thorne
University College London, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Expert Opin Drug Saf 4:323-35. 2005..Based on current knowledge, the immense benefits of antiretroviral prophylaxis in reducing the risk of MTCT, far outweigh the potential for adverse effects...
Injecting drug use in pregnant HIV-infected women in EuropeClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Med Wieku Rozwoj 10:1005-16. 2006..to describe the characteristics of pregnant HIV-infected women with past or current injecting drug use (IDU) and their infants in a large European cohort...
Does exposure to antiretroviral therapy affect growth in the first 18 months of life in uninfected children born to HIV-infected women?Claire Hankin
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:364-70. 2005..10 [P = 0.019]; height, -0.12 [P = 0.008]; and OFC, -0.14 [P = 0.001]). Although the effect of combination therapy exposure is minimal, long-term monitoring of these children is important...
European participation in an international perinatal trialSimona Fiore
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH London, UK
Med Wieku Rozwoj 7:449-58. 2003..To compare the population enrolled in a Phase III trial to that enrolled during the same period in a parallel longitudinal cohort, and to assess the generalisability of the trial results...
Treatment options for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIVClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Curr Opin Investig Drugs 6:804-11. 2005....
Antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy: balancing the risk of preterm delivery with prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmissionClaire L Townsend
Medical Research Council Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Antivir Ther 15:775-83. 2010..We aimed to quantify the incremental risk-benefit ratio for HAART compared with zidovudine monotherapy with respect to these outcomes...
Policies and practices for the clinical management of HIV/HCV coinfected children in Europe: an epidemiological surveyKirsty England
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Eur J Pediatr 168:915-7. 2009..Limited experience in the clinical management of this group and the lack of an evidence base to guide policy may be a barrier to achieving optimal care and treatment...
Are girls more at risk of intrauterine-acquired HIV infection than boys?Claire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, UK
AIDS 18:344-7. 2004..Girls were at a 1.5 times increased risk of MTCT overall, but the sex effect was limited to elective caesarean section deliveries, suggesting that girls may have an increased risk of intrauterine transmission compared with boys...
Modelling HIV-RNA viral load in vertically infected childrenLinsay Gray
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Stat Med 23:769-81. 2004..Although Hughes' methodology is the best approach, its implementation is not necessary for the identification of the optimal model...
HIV and HCV progression in parenterally coinfected childrenKirsty England
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Curr HIV Res 7:346-53. 2009....
Age-related lymphocyte and neutrophil levels in children of hepatitis C-infected womenLucy Pembrey
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Hospital for Children NHS Trust, University College London, London, UK
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:800-7. 2008....
A cluster randomised controlled trial of the community effectiveness of two interventions in rural Malawi to improve health care and to reduce maternal, newborn and infant mortalitySonia Lewycka
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Trials 11:88. 2010..Further qualitative, quantitative and economic data will be collected for process and economic evaluations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN06477126...
Estimating the number of vertically HIV-infected children eligible for antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settingsKirsty Little
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health UCL, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 36:679-87. 2007....
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infectionClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Curr Opin Infect Dis 17:247-52. 2004..There is a need for alternative, easier and more effective interventions for population-based programmes...
Safety of agents used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV: is there any cause for concern?Claire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Drug Saf 30:203-13. 2007..However, these potential adverse effects require further and longer term monitoring because they are likely to be rare and to occur later in childhood...
Growth in the first 5 years of life is unaffected in children with perinatally-acquired hepatitis C infectionKristy England
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
J Pediatr 147:227-32. 2005....
Is there a case for hepatitis C infection screening in the antenatal period?Lucy Pembrey
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
J Med Screen 10:161-8. 2003..In this paper we review the evidence on which this decision was based, addressing the criteria that need to be considered before the introduction of a new screening programme...
Antiretroviral therapy-associated modulation of Th1 and Th2 immune responses in HIV-infected pregnant womenSimona Fiore
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London UCL, London, UK
J Reprod Immunol 70:143-50. 2006..0-1.17; p=0.005). HAART use in pregnancy provides significant benefits in delaying HIV disease progression and reducing the risk of mother-to-child-transmission, but may be counterproductive in terms of successful pregnancy outcome...
Maternal and infant factors and lymphocyte, CD4 and CD8 cell counts in uninfected children of HIV-1-infected mothersMadeleine Bunders
Institue of Child Health, University College, London, UK
AIDS 19:1071-9. 2005..These results add to the growing list of adverse effects associated with ART used as prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV...
HIVClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 12:174-81. 2007..However, based on current knowledge, the immense benefits of antiretroviral prophylaxis in reducing MTCT risk far outweigh the potential for adverse effects...
Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected women treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy in EuropeClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
AIDS 18:2337-9. 2004..05, 95% CI 1.43, 2.95), particularly severe prematurity. The implication of increased prematurity is evidenced in high neonatal mortality in these groups (0.66% for infants at 34-36 weeks and 7.37% at < 34 weeks' gestation)...
Breastmilk RNA viral load in HIV-infected South African women: effects of subclinical mastitis and infant feedingJuana F Willumsen
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
AIDS 17:407-14. 2003..Multivariate models had limited predictive value for milk RNA viral load, illustrating the multiple contributors to viral load...
Age-related standards for total lymphocyte, CD4+ and CD8+ T cell counts in children born in EuropeMadeleine Bunders
Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:595-600. 2005..These standards may also contribute to the decision on an accurate cutoff for CD4+ cell counts for initiating treatment of HIV-infected children...
Do self-assessments of health predict future mortality in rural South Africa? The case of KwaZulu-Natal in the era of antiretroviral treatmentAnalia Olgiati
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Trop Med Int Health 17:844-53. 2012....
Age- and sex-related reference ranges of alanine aminotransferase levels in children: European paediatric HCV networkKirsty England
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 49:71-7. 2009..Recently, ALT reference ranges for adults were queried and revised ranges proposed with lower upper limits of normality. The appropriateness of current paediatric ALT reference ranges is unclear...
Design and methods of a longitudinal study investigating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the partnerships and sexual behaviour of HIV-infected individuals in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaNuala McGrath
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
BMC Public Health 11:121. 2011..This includes improving the availability of longitudinal demographic and health data on HIV-infected individuals who have accessed ART services but who are not yet ART-eligible...
Fertility intentions of HIV-infected women in the United KingdomSusan Cliffe
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
AIDS Care 23:1093-101. 2011..These findings highlight the need for specialised family planning and reproductive health services targeting this population...
Treatment switches during pregnancy among HIV-positive women on antiretroviral therapy at conceptionSusie E Huntington
UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, UK
AIDS 25:1647-55. 2011....
Within and between race differences in lymphocyte, CD4+, CD8+ and neutrophil levels in HIV-uninfected children with or without HIV exposure in Europe and UgandaMadeleine Bunders
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, UK
Ann Trop Paediatr 26:169-79. 2006....
Older children and adolescents surviving with vertically acquired HIV infectionClaire Thorne
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29:396-401. 2002..As they enter adolescence, additional services are needed including support with disclosure to others, therapy, and sexual health...
Net survival of perinatally and postnatally HIV-infected children: a pooled analysis of individual data from sub-Saharan AfricaMilly Marston
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 40:385-96. 2011..With more data on timing of infection, which may be associated with disease progression, a separate representation of children infected early and late was proposed...
British HIV Association and Children's HIV Association position statement on infant feeding in the UK 2011Gp Taylor
British HIV Association BHIVA, BHIVA Secretariat, Mediscript Ltd, London, UK
HIV Med 12:389-93. 2011....
Routine provision of nevirapine to women of unknown serostatus: at best a temporary solution to prevent MTCTMarie-Louise Newell
Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, England
Bull World Health Organ 83:228-9. 2005
Inter-laboratory comparison of HCV-RNA assay results: implications for multi-centre researchLucy Pembrey
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
J Med Virol 69:195-201. 2003..Multivariate analysis of data collected in multi-centre studies should therefore allow for centre and/or assay used...
The management of HCV infected pregnant women and their children European paediatric HCV networkLucy Pembrey
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
J Hepatol 43:515-25. 2005..HCV/HIV co-infected women should follow existing HIV guidelines...
Vertically acquired paediatric coinfection with HIV and hepatitis C virusKirsty England
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Lancet Infect Dis 6:83-90. 2006..Future research must therefore focus on vertically acquired HIV/HCV coinfection to inform treatment trials addressing coinfection management...
Using two on-going HIV studies to obtain clinical data from before, during and after pregnancy for HIV-positive womenSusie E Huntington
Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 12:110. 2012..A methodology was developed to find and match records for women reported to both studies thereby obtaining clinical and treatment data on pregnant HIV-positive women not available from either dataset alone...
Women's groups' perceptions of maternal health issues in rural MalawiMikey Rosato
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Lancet 368:1180-8. 2006..Surveys have indicated a poor awareness of maternal health problems by individual women. We report the perceptions of women's groups to such issues in the rural Mchinji district of Malawi...
Prevention of HIV transmission through breast-feeding: strengthening the research agendaFrancois Dabis
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College, London, UK
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:167-8. 2004..These papers summarize the current state of knowledge and highlight the outstanding issues that will need to be addressed in the very near future before research advances can be translated into public health practice...
Excluding hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by serology in young infants of HCV-infected mothersKirsty England
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Acta Paediatr 94:444-50. 2005..Antibody loss was significantly later among children born to HCV viraemic mothers. The earlier loss of HCV antibodies in children born to HIV co-infected mothers may be due to HIV treatment...
Unpacking the recommended indicator for concurrent sexual partnershipsJeffrey W Eaton
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, UK
AIDS 26:1037-9. 2012..The discrepancy is only partially explained by disproportionate missing data in those with more sexual partners...
Interventions to improve the performance of HIV health systems for treatment-as-prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: the experimental evidenceTill Barnighausen
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 7:140-50. 2012..We review the experimental evidence on interventions to increase these rates...
Starting a home and mobile HIV testing service in a rural area of South AfricaHendramoorthy Maheswaran
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Somkhele, South Africa
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 59:e43-6. 2012..To compare users of a home and mobile HIV counseling and testing service implemented in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa...
Managing mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in developed-country settingsClaire Thorne
Institute of Child Health, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Womens Health (Lond Engl) 1:385-99. 2005....
Response to combination antiretroviral therapy: variation by ageIan Weller
AIDS 22:1463-73. 2008..The poorer virological responses in children may increase the likelihood of emergence of resistance...
Two-dose intrapartum/newborn nevirapine and standard antiretroviral therapy to reduce perinatal HIV transmission: a randomized trialAlejandro Dorenbaum
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
JAMA 288:189-98. 2002..CONCLUSION: Risk of perinatal HIV transmission was low and no benefit from additional intrapartum/newborn nevirapine was demonstrated when women received prenatal care and antenatal ART, and elective cesarean section was made available...
Pregnancy and HIV infection: A european consensus on managementOriol Coll
Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
AIDS 16:S1-18. 2002
Pregnancies in young women with vertically acquired HIV infection in EuropeClaire Thorne
AIDS 21:2552-6. 2007
Intervention to promote exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life in a high HIV prevalence areaRuth M Bland
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Mtubatuba, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
AIDS 22:883-91. 2008..We report on a nonrandomized intervention cohort study to increase exclusive breast-feeding rates for 6 months after delivery in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa...
Short communication: CD4 counts of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infected children--implications for PMTCT and treatment programmesAnkie Lebon
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Trop Med Int Health 12:1472-4. 2007..The antenatal-postnatal divide needs to be bridged with respect to the follow-up of both HIV-infected women and their exposed infants...
Estimating the efficacy of interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in breastfeeding populations: comparing statistical methodsAhmadou Alioum
INSERM U. 593, , , , Bordeaux, France
Am J Epidemiol 158:596-605. 2003..For estimation of this proportion at age 18 months, more sophisticated methods, such as the extension of the Kaplan-Meier procedure to interval-censored data and competing risks, would be preferred...
Maternal toxicity and pregnancy complications in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women receiving antiretroviral therapy: PACTG 316D Heather Watts
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:506-16. 2004..The purpose of this study was to evaluate rates of maternal toxicity, pregnancy complications, and peripartum morbidity by type and duration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy...
Effects of CCR5-delta32 and CCR2-64I alleles on disease progression of perinatally HIV-1-infected children: an international meta-analysisJohn P A Ioannidis
Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
AIDS 17:1631-8. 2003..Among perinatally infected children, the effects of certain alleles of the CCR5 and CCR2 genes on the rate of disease progression remain unclear. We addressed the effects of CCR5-delta32 and CCR2-64I in an international meta-analysis...
Protease inhibitor-associated increased risk of preterm delivery is an immunological complication of therapySimona Fiore
J Infect Dis 195:914-6; author reply 916-7. 2007
Pregnancy outcomes in HIV-infected and uninfected women in rural and urban South AfricaNigel C Rollins
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Congella 4013, South Africa
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:321-8. 2007..To describe pregnancy outcomes among clade C HIV-infected and uninfected women in South Africa...
Vaccines to prevent transmission of HIV-1 via breastmilk: scientific and logistical prioritiesKatherine Luzuriaga
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Program in Molecular Medicine, 373 Plantation Street, Suite 318, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Lancet 368:511-21. 2006..Here, we discuss the scientific and logistical challenges for the development of paediatric HIV vaccines; available vaccines and completed or planned paediatric vaccine trials are also discussed...
Maternal viral load and rate of disease progression among vertically HIV-1-infected children: an international meta-analysisJohn P A Ioannidis
Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
AIDS 18:99-108. 2004....
Late postnatal transmission of HIV-1 in breast-fed children: an individual patient data meta-analysisAnna Coutsoudis
J Infect Dis 189:2154-66. 2004..Biological and cultural mechanisms underlying the association between sex and late postnatal transmission should be further investigated. Interventions to decrease transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding are urgently needed...
Does highly active antiretroviral therapy increase the risk of congenital abnormalities in HIV-infected women?Deven Patel
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:116-8. 2005
Breast-feeding and Transmission of HIV-1Grace John-Stewart
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:196-202. 2004..Innate and acquired immune factors may act most effectively in combination to prevent primary HIV-1 infection by breast milk...
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort studyHoosen M Coovadia
Centre for HIV AIDS Networking, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Lancet 369:1107-16. 2007..We assessed the HIV-1 transmission risks and survival associated with exclusive breastfeeding and other types of infant feeding...
Use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV-1 transmission through breast-feeding: from animal studies to randomized clinical trialsPhilippe Gaillard
World Health Organization, Reproductive Health and Research, Geneva, Switzerland
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:178-87. 2004..Laboratory studies nested within several of these trials will provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis of postnatal HIV transmission and its potential prevention using antiretroviral drugs...
Cohort profile: the paediatric antiretroviral treatment programmes in lower-income countries (KIDS-ART-LINC) collaborationElise Arrive
Unité INSERM 593, Institut de Santé Publique, Epidémiologie et Développement ISPED, Universite Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
Int J Epidemiol 37:474-80. 2008
Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-1 infected pregnant women in EuropeMegan Landes
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Eur J Epidemiol 22:925-36. 2007..HIV-infected women should receive adequate screening for STIs during pregnancy together with appropriate counseling and follow-up for treatment and prevention...
Population and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South AfricaBrian D Rice
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
BMC Public Health 7:160. 2007..There is particular emphasis on unrepresentative selection of ANC clinics and unrepresentative testing in the population...
Response to Kourtis et al. 'Use of antiretroviral therapy in pregnant HIV-infected women and the risk of premature delivery: a meta-analysis'Deven Patel
AIDS 21:1656-7; author reply1657-8. 2007
Continued very high prevalence of HIV infection in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based longitudinal studyTanya Welz
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
AIDS 21:1467-72. 2007..To estimate the prevalence of HIV and associated sociodemographic factors including mobility and migration in a rural population in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa...
Surveillance of mother-to-child transmission prevention programmes at immunization clinics: the case for universal screeningNigel Rollins
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Congella 4013, South Africa
AIDS 21:1341-7. 2007..Additionally, infected infants are often not identified early and only gain access to comprehensive HIV care and treatment late in their disease...
Prevalence of resistance to nevirapine in mothers and children after single-dose exposure to prevent vertical transmission of HIV-1: a meta-analysisElise Arrive
Unité INSERM 593, Bordeaux, France
Int J Epidemiol 36:1009-21. 2007..This systematic review and meta-analysis of summarized data aimed to estimate the proportion of mothers and children with NVP resistance mutations detected in plasma samples 4-8 weeks postpartum after single-dose NVP use for PMTCT...
Time to undetectable viral load after highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-infected pregnant womenDeven Patel
Clin Infect Dis 44:1647-56. 2007..CONCLUSIONS: In this study, nevirapine-based HAART (compared with PI [mainly nelfinavir]-based HAART), western African origin, and lower baseline viral load were associated with shorter time to achieving viral suppression...
Is there a difference in the efficacy of peripartum antiretroviral regimens in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa?Valeriane Leroy
INSERM U 593, Institut d Epidémiologie, Santé Publique et Développement ISPED, Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
AIDS 19:1865-75. 2005....
