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Trends in antiretroviral therapy and mother-infant transmission of HIV.
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Maternal ImmunizationSexual HealthEpidemiologyProtease InhibitorTreatment And PreventionMedicineHuman RetrovirusPediatricsMaternal HealthInfants Transmission StudySocial SciencesHivVertical Transmission RateAntiretroviral TherapyAids PathogenesisSexual And Reproductive Health
Trends in the vertical transmission rate of HIV and evolving antiretroviral usage between 1990 and 1998 within the Women and Infants Transmission Study were evaluated. A decline in mother-infant transmission was temporally associated with advances in therapy, especially when regimens including a protease inhibitor were included in the analysis.