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Study Shows HIV Test Possible During Labor

2004-7-11 20:09:06 CRIENGLISH.com

Research shows a rapid HIV test can be used on women during childbirth, a test doctors hope will help reduce HIV infections in newborns.

Research shows a rapid HIV test can be used on women during childbirth, a test doctors hope will help reduce HIV infections in newborns.

It takes about 20 minutes to get results from finger-prick blood tests compared with more than a day for conventional HIV testing.

An estimated 700,000 children worldwide developed HIV infections last year, most in Africa and from mother-to-child transmission during childbirth or early infancy.

With optimal treatment of the mother, the transmission rate drops from 25 percent to less than 2 percent.

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