Can HIV be transmitted from a mother to her baby?
If a pregnant woman is infected with HIV, she can transmit the virus to her baby during pregnancy, labour and delivery, or breastfeeding. Without treatment, around 15-30
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HIV and pregnancy- CDC
HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding is known as perinatal transmission and is the most common route of HIV infection in children. When HIV is diagnosed before or during pregnancy, perinatal transmission can …
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HIV and Pregnancy- AVERT article
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HIV related CANCERS….Things you should know….
…- Do people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of cancer?
Yes. People infected with HIV have a substantially higher risk of some types of cancer compared with uninfected people of the same age. Three of these
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