Epidemiologic profile of children born of HIV-positive mothers in a metropolitan region in the Amazon region

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Núria Jussara Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Lobato, Flavia Maciel, Lopes, Nayan Leonardo Sousa, Brito, Ana Júlia Cunha, Dias, George Alberto da Silva, Cardoso, Biatriz Araújo, Silva, Dayse Danielle Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/6735
• topic: AIDS Serodiagnosis; Infectious Disease Transmission; Vertical; Anti-Retroviral Agents; Sorodiagnóstico da AIDS; Transmissão vertical de doença infecciosa; antirretrovirais

Current research describes the epidemiologic profile of children born of HIV positive mothers attended to at the Mother-Infant and Adolescent Reference Unit (UREMIA) in Belém PA Brazil, in 2015. The transversal description analyzed factors that describe the birth scenario of 125 children born of HIV positive mothers. G (Adherence) and Chi-Square tests were employed for statistical analysis (p≤0.05). Further, 96% of the 125 mothers underwent the pre-natal exam, with two to six visits. Many (39%) discovered they were infected by HIV during pregnancy or in childbirth (14%), whilst 75% used anti-retroviral agents (AZT) for the diagnosis of the infection. Only 6% of the children had HIV; 6% did not use AZT and 5% breastfed their children. The mothers in current study belonged to the urban zone, undertook pre-natal tests and early used AZT. Since breastfed children were born by normal birth and the mother used AZT, the two factors may have contributed towards low vertical transmission.