Prevention of perinatal HIV transmission

Hassig, Susan E.; Kinkela, Nanlele; Nsa, Wato; Kamenga, Munkolenkole; Ndilu, Mibandumba; Francis, Henry; Ryder, Robert W.

doi:10.1097/00002030-199009000-00013

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“…It is natural to fear a diagnosis, and HIV testing may arouse negative emotions. Temmerman et al [14] have suggested a personal right to remain ignorant of one's own HIV infection status; however, informing all pregnant women that it is possible to reduce the risk of mother‐to‐child transmission of the virus may arouse in them a desire to know, and therefore the willingness to be tested [15,16]. A higher awareness of the risk of perinatal HIV transmission in the population at large may have contributed to the adequate knowledge of the benefits of a prenatal diagnostic in our study.…”

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