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Reducing the odds : preventing perinatal transmission of HIV in the United States / Michael A. Stoto, Donna A. Almario, and Marie C. McCormick, editors ; Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.
LIBRA RG580.A44 R43 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy--United States.
- AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy.
- AIDS (Disease) in infants--United States--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease) in infants.
- HIV infections--United States--Prevention.
- HIV infections.
- AIDS (Disease) in women--Treatment--United States.
- AIDS (Disease) in women.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
- Pregnancy.
- United States.
- Infant.
- Child.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--therapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
- Pregnancy.
- United States.
- Infant.
- Child.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--therapy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year to HIV-positive infants. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? This study evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing for HIV be a routine part of prenatal care and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 40126082
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