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High rates of baseline antiretroviral resistance among HIV-infected pregnant women in an HIV referral centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
International journal of STD & AIDS - 1 Nov 2015
de Lourdes Teixeira Maria, Nafea Shamim, Yeganeh Nava, Santos Edwiges, Gouvea Maria Isabel, Joao Esau, Ceci Loredana, Bressan Clarisse, Cruz Maria Leticia, Sidi Leon Claude, Nielsen-Saines Karin
Abstract excerpt
In order to understand antiretroviral resistance during pregnancy and its impact on HIV vertical transmission, we performed a cross-sectional analysis of 231 HIV-infected pregnant women who fulfilled Brazilian guidelines for antiretroviral testing and had antiretroviral genotypic testing performed between April 2010 and October 2012. At entry into prenatal care, the mean CD4 cell count for this cohort of patients...
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