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Ex Vivo Infection of Human Lymphoid Tissue and Female Genital Mucosa with Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 and Histoculture
Published on: October 12, 2018
New epidemiological problem in Poland: vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus
1Department of Epidemiology, State Research Mother and Child Institute, Warszawa, Poland.
Abstract:
New diagnostic, prophylactic and treatment perspectives in HIV infection of the fetus and newborn is a challenge for health services in Poland. In view of these advances, the ascertainment of HIV status of all pregnant women is important both for individuals and for the health services. By law, laboratory HIV testing in Poland can be performed only on a voluntary basis. All newly diagnosed cases of AIDS and HIV infections are anonymously reported to the National Institute of Hygiene in Warsaw. There are no clear data about vertical transmission of HIV infection in Poland mostly because of the unknown number of women who are positive at delivery. Almost all our data were collected from Polish Regional AIDS/HIV Diagnostic and Therapeutic Centres. During the period 1986-95, 88 children were delivered by HIV-positive women and vertical transmission occurred in 15 cases.
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