The case for routinely offering prenatal testing for human immunodeficiency virus |
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Authors: | H L Minkoff S H Landesman |
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Affiliation: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York, Brooklyn. |
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Abstract: | Infections with human immunodeficiency virus are becoming increasingly common among women of reproductive age. The consequences of these infections on maternal and child health are substantial. Evidence has been published that suggests that testing only those women recognized as being at risk through physician-elicited, patient-volunteered testing programs will fail to identify substantial numbers of infected patients. This article develops the arguments that informing infected women of their serologic status is of critical importance and that in clinical practice identification of women with sexually transmitted diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus can only be accomplished with routine testing (with consent, confidentiality, and counseling). |
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Keywords: | Human immunodeficiency virus prenatal testing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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