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Unsuccessful voluntary prenatal testing for human immunodeficiency virus infection
E J Schoen1, C Limata, S B Black
1Department of Genetics, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA 94611-5693, USA. edgar.schoen@kp.org
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
Within the Kaiser Permanente system of Northern California, testing for HIV during prenatal vis its was encouraged. During a 5-year period the percentage of women agreeing to HIV testing increased from 50% to 76%. Eighty-three HIV-positive pregnancies occurred in 63 women. Only 17 (20%) of the 83 pregnancies were identified by the voluntary testing program.