Incidence of HIV vertical transmission among HIV-positive pregnant women treated at a regional reference service
In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 4526-4537
Objective: surveying and to characterizing the incidence of HIV vertical transmission, from 2004 to 2013,
among pregnant women accompanied by a referral service in STD, HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in the
countryside of Minas Gerais. Method: it is a quantitative descriptive study. Data were obtained from the
medical records of women infected by HIV registered in the unit. For analysis, there was used the simple
descriptive statistics. It was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Higher Education Foundation
of Passos (FESP), with CAAE: 28399314.8.0000.5112. Results: of the 33 pregnancies treated at the service,
60,6% (20) knew the diagnosis before pregnancy and 39,4% (13) of them obtained it during the prenatal
period. In the first group there was no vertical transmission, while in the second group, there was one case,
8%. Conclusion: it is recommended that pregnant women do the test still in the first three months of
pregnancy, because late diagnosis makes difficult doing prophylaxis.