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Hiv Infection and Pregnancy

HIV infection in pregnancy concerns the management of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods, with the dual goals of preserving maternal health and preventing mother-to-child transmission. Vertical transmission can occur in utero, during delivery, or…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 43× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2324-7339 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

HIV infection in pregnancy concerns the management of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods, with the dual goals of preserving maternal health and preventing mother-to-child transmission. Vertical transmission can occur in utero, during delivery, or through breastfeeding, and its risk is governed largely by maternal viral load, making sustained antiretroviral suppression the cornerstone of prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes. Antenatal screening, timely initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy, appropriate mode-of-delivery decisions, infant prophylaxis, and informed infant-feeding choices together reduce transmission to low levels while addressing obstetric outcomes such as prematurity. Effective care also depends on counselling, partner testing, status disclosure, and consistent engagement with antenatal services. The studies grouped here examine HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending clinics, determinants of consistent condom use among HIV-positive women, awareness and premarital counselling and testing, and broader clinical and immunological aspects of seropositive individuals, alongside diagnostic considerations such as false-positive rapid testing. Several reflect antenatal and reproductive-age populations in resource-variable settings. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research relevant to maternal HIV care, antenatal screening, prevention of vertical transmission, and the reproductive-health context in which these clinical decisions are made.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 43 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Clinical Research In HIV AIDS And Prevention (ISSN 2324-7339).

Journal editorial board
Manoj Sarma · United States Mohammed Merzah · Hungary Marta Talavera · Spain

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