Prompt Initiation of Maternal Antiretroviral Therapy After HIV Seroconversion in Pregnancy Effectively Prevents Vertical Transmission and Other Adverse Infant Outcomes

Sundar K.G.; Yang L.Z.; Cambou M.C.; Varella I.R.S.; Melo M.G.; Segura E.R.; Ziegler Â.P.; Santos B.R.; Nielsen-Saines K. · Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (2025) · DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000004562

Resumen

From January 2008 to December 2018, 1348 HIV-exposed infants were born in Porto Alegre, Brazil; 18.8% had adverse infant outcomes (AIO) including vertical transmission (1.9%), stillbirth/neonatal death (4.0%) and loss to follow-up before HIV diagnosis (12.9%). Timing of maternal HIV diagnosis was not associated with AIO but absent antiretroviral therapy use was. Lack of maternal antiretroviral therapy use is a significant risk factor for AIO. Copyright

Instituciones: Universidad Científica del Sur