Cheaper treatment for HIV-infected infants could also be more effective

September 7, 2010, 6:40 am by Scientific American: Health

Babies born to mothers with HIV have a much smaller risk of getting the virus themselves if medical personnel administer preventive drugs, such as nevirapine, at birth to the moms and their newborns. Nevertheless, a small percentage of those infants will end up getting the disease anyway. And without treatment, some 62 percent of HIV-positive children die before the age of two. [More] HIV - Health - Conditions and Diseases - AIDS - Child

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