PLoS Medicine (Aug 2017)

Pregnant and breastfeeding women: A priority population for HIV viral load monitoring.

  • Landon Myer,
  • Shaffiq Essajee,
  • Laura N Broyles,
  • D Heather Watts,
  • Maia Lesosky,
  • Wafaa M El-Sadr,
  • Elaine J Abrams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002375
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 8
p. e1002375

Abstract

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Landon Myer and colleagues discuss viral load monitoring for pregnant HIV-positive women and those breastfeeding; ART treatments can suppress viral load and are key to preventing transmission to the child.