FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 351:289-292 July 15, 2004 Number 3 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF PDA Full Text Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited E-mail When Letters Appear Related Article by Lallemant, M. Related Article by Jourdain, G. PubMed Citation

Preventing transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and caring for those already infected are essential services in any comprehensive program, and enhancing the mutually beneficial effect of each is an international goal.¹ These reinforcing effects are clearly illustrated in the two articles from the Perinatal HIV Prevention Trial (PHPT) Group in this issue of the Journal. The first report, by Lallemant et al., demonstrates the considerable efficacy of a dual antiretroviral regimen in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1,² whereas the second, by Jourdain et al., evaluates the effects of subsequent provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Source Information

From the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu/Natal, Durban, South Africa.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Nacro, B., Barro, M., Gaudreault, S., Dao, B. (2009). Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Burkina Faso: Breastfeeding and Wet Nursing. J Trop Pediatr 0: fmp083v1-fmp083 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Naniche, D., Bardaji, A., Lahuerta, M., Berenguera, A., Mandomando, I., Sanz, S., Aponte, J. J., Sigauque, B., Alonso, P. L., Menendez, C. (2009). Impact of Maternal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Birth Outcomes and Infant Survival in Rural Mozambique. Am J Trop Med Hyg 80: 870-876 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Onen, N. F., Nurutdinova, D., Sungkanuparph, S., Gase, D., Mondy, K., Overton, E. T. (2008). Effect of Postpartum HIV Treatment Discontinuation on Long-Term Maternal Outcome. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 7: 245-251 [Abstract]  
• Klimas, N., Koneru, A. O., Fletcher, M. A. (2008). Overview of HIV. Psychosom. Med. 70: 523-530 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Lalonde, M. S., Troyer, R. M., Syed, A. R., Bulime, S., Demers, K., Bajunirwe, F., Arts, E. J. (2007). Sensitive Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay for Low-Level Detection of Nevirapine Resistance Mutations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Quasispecies. J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 2604-2615 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Hinds, J, Dixon, T, Dix, D (2005). A strategy to minimise the impact of maternal HIV. Arch. Dis. Child. 90: 1319-1319 [Full Text]  
• Shetty, A. K., Maldonado, Y. (2005). Advances in the Prevention of Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission. NeoReviews 6: e12-e25 [Full Text]