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:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002375

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

PLoS Med. 2017 Aug 15;14(8):e1002375. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002375. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Authors

Landon Myer^{1

2}, Shaffiq Essajee³, Laura N Broyles⁴, D Heather Watts⁵, Maia Lesosky¹, Wafaa M El-Sadr^{6

7}, Elaine J Abrams^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Centre for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Research, School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ HIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Division of Global HIV and TB, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
⁵ Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, US Department of State, Washington DC, United States of America.
⁶ ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America.
⁷ College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Anti-HIV Agents / pharmacology*
Breast Feeding
Female
HIV / drug effects*
HIV Infections / prevention & control*
HIV Infections / transmission
HIV Seropositivity / transmission
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control*
Viral Load* / drug effects

Substances

Anti-HIV Agents

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International