A current HCV infection may increase the risk of preterm birth among HIV-positive women

Sex Transm Infect. 2020 Aug;96(5):335-336. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054324. Epub 2020 Feb 18.

Authors

Justyna D Kowalska^{1

2}, Karolina Nowicka³, Agnieszka Wroblewska^{4

2}, Ewa Firląg-Burkacka², Magdalena Marczyńska³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Adults' Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland jdkowalska@gmail.com.
² HIV Outpatient Clinic, Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Children's Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
⁴ Department of Adults' Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.

PMID: 32071123
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054324

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV; hepatitis C; pregnancy; premature birth; sexual health.

MeSH terms

Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Coinfection / epidemiology*
Female
Gestational Age
HIV Infections / blood
HIV Infections / drug therapy
HIV Infections / epidemiology*
Hepatitis C / blood
Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood
Humans
Logistic Models
Multivariate Analysis
Poland / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Premature Birth / epidemiology*
RNA, Viral / blood
Viral Load

Substances

Anti-HIV Agents
Hepatitis C Antibodies
RNA, Viral