Probability of HIV transmission from mother to child and opportunities for prevention
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Assignment: Aids/HIV Theme: HIV/AIDS Probability of HIV transmission from mother to child and opportunities for prevention: There are many ways how the HI-virus can be transmitted from mother to child. While the natural birth of a baby likelihood of infection is about 10-40%. Children of HIV-positive women can be infected during pregnancy and especially during labor and breastfeeding. In medical care, the shear transfer rate is about 20-40%, that means, from 100 children who are born by HIV-positive mothers and breastfed are 20-40 infected with the deadly virus. The transmission from mother to child is the cause of more than 90% of HIV infections by children under 15 years. HIV can be transferred to a child during pregnancy, labor and delivery or breastfeeding. The risk of transmission is about 15-30% by children which aren’t…[show more]