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Aids and Society

Date Submitted: 06/15/2003 18:55:18
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 6 pages (1757 words)
Aids and Society The number of newborns infected by vertical transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus is increasing as the prevalence of HIV-positive women increase within the United States. It is estimated that while seven thousand HIV-positive women become pregnant each year, between one thousand and two thousand of their newborns will be HIV-positive. This research paper will concentrate on the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus from mother to child, the benefits of drugs …
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…Medical News 2 Oct 1995:15. FDA Consumer “HIV transmission to babies reduced in early study results. “May 1994: 3- 4. Kent, Cristina. “HIV testing of pregnant women, newborns debated.” American Medical News 24 July. 1995: 17-18. Mauskopf, Josephine A. et al. “Economic impact of treatment of HIV-positive pregnant women and their newborns with zidovudine.” The Journal of the American Medical Association 10 July. 1996: 132-138. Shelton Deborah L. “Is it the time…for mandatory testing of pregnant women?” American Medical News 2 Sep. 1996: 13-16.
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