Abstract
Women enrolled in prenatal care at Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA, have routinely been offered HIV counseling and voluntary testing since 1987. Consistently >90% have accepted testing. With implementation of US Public Health Service guidelines for perinatal zidovudine prophylaxis in 1994, the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate rapidly decreased from 18% to 8% during the subsequent 2 years.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
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Decision Making
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Female
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HIV / isolation & purification*
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HIV Infections / prevention & control
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HIV Infections / transmission*
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
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Logistic Models
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Mass Screening
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Pregnancy
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Prenatal Care
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Risk Factors
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Zidovudine / therapeutic use*
Substances
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Anti-HIV Agents
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Zidovudine