Risk Factors for Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Women Treated with Zidovudine

Mofenson, Lynne; S. Lambert, John; Richard Stiehm, E.; Bethel, James; A. Meyer, William; Whitehouse, Jean; Moye, Jack; Reichelderfer, Patricia; Harris, D.R.; Glenn Fowler, Mary; J. Mathieson, Bonnie; J. Nemo, George

doi:10.1056/nejm199908053410601

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Risk Factors for Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Women Treated with Zidovudine

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 5, 1999

Authors:

Lynne Mofenson

John S. Lambert

E. Richard Stiehm

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Maternal, obstetrical, and infant-related factors associated with the risk of perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were identified before the widespread use of zidovudine therapy in pregnant women. The risk factors for transmission when women and infants ...

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Medicine

Zidovudine

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