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Multinational
     
    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Predictors of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women infected with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: a cohort study.
 Kreitchmann R, Li S, Melo V, Fernandes Coelho D, et al
BJOG. 2014 Mar 7
 Abstract

Antiretroviral Adherence During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Latin America.
 Kreitchmann R, Harris DR, Kakehasi F,  et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012 Jun 4.
Abstract

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  A Prospective Cohort Study of HIV-1-infected Pregnant Women and Their Infants
in Latin America and the Caribbean: The NICHD International Site Development
Initiative Perinatal Study
J Read, P Cahn, M Losso, et al
(12 CROI)
 Abstract
 
Receipt of PI-containing HAART during Pregnancy and Adverse Pregancy Outcomes
(Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth) among HIV-1-infected Women in Latin America
and the Caribbean: The NICHD International Site Development Initiative Perinatal Study
E Szyld, R Gonin, E Warley,  et al
 (12 CROI)
 Abstract
Argentina
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Lack of viral selection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mother-to-child transmission with primary
infection during late pregnancy and/or breastfeeding.
Ceballos A, Andreani G, Ripamonti C, et al  
J Gen Virol. 2008
Abstract

Retrospective study of the prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus-type 1/2, HIV, and
HBV in pregnant women in Argentina.
 Trenchi A, Gastaldello R, Balangero M, et al  
J Med Virol. 2007 Dec;79(12):1974-8.
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Genotypic sensitivity score of a non nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, unboosted protease inhibitor and boosted protease inhibitor based antiretroviral regimen in naive pregnant women in Argentina
 D.M. Cecchini, I. Zapiola, S. Fernandez Giuliano, et al
 (XIX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

POSTER
 MTCT of HCV among HIV/HCV-co-Infected Women
 CC Cabot, S Stoszek, J Quarleri,  et al
(19 CROI)
PDF Poster     Abstract

POSTER
 The HIV Antiretroviral Resistance in Pregnancy (HARPA) study: results of a two year surveillance
of drug resistance associated mutations in HIV-infected pregnant women in Buenos Aires, Argentina
I. Zapiola, D. Cecchini, S.E. Fernandez Giuliano, et al
 (5th IAS Conference)
 Poster     Abstract

The second generation of HIV-infected mothers: pregnancy in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents
in Argentina
P. Coll Cardenas, M.J. Rolon, S. Perez Macri, et al;
 (5th IAS Conference)
 Abstract

CONFERENCE POSTER
 Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in a resources limited population of Argentina:
experience of a tertiary referral center from the public health system
D.M. Cecchini, M. Martinez, V. Astarita, et al
 (5th IAS Conference)
PDF Poster     Abstract
 

CONFERENCE POSTER
 The Buenos Aires (BA) patient: first documented case of primary infection by multidrug-resistant
HIV during pregnancy in Argentina
D.M. Cecchini, I. Zapiola, M. Martinez, et al
 (5th IAS Conference)
PDF Poster       Abstract		  

HIV maternal-fetal transmission in a low resources setting in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina
 Hojman M, Murano F, Manonelles G, et al 
(Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection)
 Abstract
 
Perinatal HIV transmission in Buenos Aires (CABA): looking for new approaches
 Basombrío A , Bruno M , Duran A, et al
 (4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract

Mother to child transmission (MTC) of HIV at a HIGA Eva Peron San Martin.
Buenos Aires Argentina
E Pallone, R Corazza, G Miranda
(15IAC)
 Abstract

An experience on counselling to pregnant women at a public urban hospital
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
 L Pagani, G Fernández Cabanillas, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Barbados
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Follow-up of HIV-infected women diagnosed by antenatal screening in Barbados from 1996-2004.
Kumar A, Kilaru KR, Kumari G, et al   
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2008 Sep;22(9):715-21.
 Abstract

Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Serostatus Disclosure: A Prospective Study Among
HIV-Infected Postparturient Women in Barbados.
Kumar A, Waterman I, Kumari G, Carter AO.
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2006 Oct;20(10):724-30.
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Impact of the AIDS Prevention Program on trends in prevalence and incidence of
HIV infection among pregnant women in Barbados
A Kumar, B Singh
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Belize
     

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Impact of prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV-1 program in Honduras
and Belize
Lorenzana I, Murillo Barahora WE
 (4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
Chile
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Changes in vertically transmitted human immunodeficiency virus infection Chile
 Chávez P A, Alvarez P AM, Wu H E, et al
Rev Chilena Infectol. 2007 Oct;24(5):368-71.
 Paper
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in pregnant HIV-infected women.
Efficacy and safety for the mothers and infants
B Vandercam, M Dupont, F Abarzua
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Columbia
     
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTC) of HIV/AIDS in the Atlantico State,
Colombia: a pilot study
V Manjarres Barros, M  Perez, BD Garcia, et al
(15IAC)
 Abstract
 
HIV testing and risk factors among pregnant women in Cali, Colombia
J Galindo, I C Tello, J Duque, et al
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Cuba
     
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  POSTER
 Prevention and control program of the vertical transmission of the HIV/AIDS in Cuba (January 1986-August 2010)
I. Gonzalez-Nuñez, M. Diaz- Jidy
 (6th IAS Conference)
 Poster     Abstract

Program of Prevention and Control of the Vertical Transmission of the Paediatric
AIDS in Cuba
I Gonzalez Nunez
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Dominican Republic
     
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Progress towards Elimination of HIV Mother-to-Child Transmission in the Dominican Republic from 1999 to 2011.
 Lorenzo O, Beck-Sagué CM, Bautista-Soriano C,  et al
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2012;2012:543916.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Couple-oriented prenatal HIV counseling for HIV primary prevention:
an acceptability study.
 Orne-Gliemann J, Tchendjou PT, Miric M, et al 
BMC Public Health. 2010 Apr 19;10(1):197.
 Paper

Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in a developing country: the Dominican
Republic experience.
Perez-Then E, Pena R, Tavarez-Rojas M, et al
 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Dec 15;34(5):506-11.
 Abstract
Dutch West Indies
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Developing quality indicators for the care of HIV-infected pregnant women in the Dutch Caribbean.
Hermanides HS, van Vught LA, Voigt R, et al
AIDS Res Ther. 2011 Sep 22;8(1):32
Paper
El Salvador
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Disparities in HIV Screening among Pregnant Women - El Salvador, 2011.
El Bcheraoui C, Nieto Gómez AI, et al  
 PLoS One. 2013 Dec 9;8(12):e82760
Paper

 

Ecuador
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Preventing mother-to-child transmission in Guayaquil, Ecuador: HIV knowledge and risk perception.
 Dearborn JL, Lewis J, Mino GP.
Glob Public Health. 2009 Dec 2:1-14.
Abstract
French Guiana
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Awareness of mother-to-child transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I
through breastfeeding in a small group of HTLV-positive women in Maripasoula and Papaichton,
French Guiana.
 Oni T, Djossou F, Joubert M, Heraud JM.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Feb 13
 Abstract
French West Indies
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Haitian women living with HIV/AIDS in Guadeloupe: pregnancy between medical stakes, social benefits a
nd administrative vulnerability. A qualitative study.
 Pourette D.
 Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2012 Feb 2.
 Abstract

Pregnancy and medical follow-up of women living with HIV/AIDS in Guadeloupe and Martinique
(French West Indies): medical progress and social problems.
 Pourette D.
Sante. 2011 May 9.
Abstract
Guatemala
     
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Implementing prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in rural Guatemala
JM Ikeda, ML Sac, TM Maldonado, N Hearst
(15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Integrating prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in maternity centers
in rural Guatemala                                   
ML Sac, JM Ikeda, LM Queme, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Use of rapid test in the diagnosis of HIV, Hepatitis B and syphilis infection
in a pregnant women that attend to a urban hospital in Guatemala City
B M Blanco, C Del Cid, L Paz, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Guyana
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  COMPARATIVE TRENDS OF SEROPREVALENCE AND SEROINCIDENCE RATES OF
HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE I AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY
VIRUS 1 IN PREGNANT WOMEN OF VARIOUS ETHNIC GROUPS SHARING THE SAME
ENVIRONMENT IN FRENCH GUIANA.
 Tortevoye P, Tuppin P, Carles G, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Sep;73(3):560-565.
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Epidemiology of HIV in pregnant women enrolled in Guyana's pilot prevention of
mother to child transmission programme in 2002
M Edwards, C La Fleur, J Osborne, J Woolford
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
  The impact of integration of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of
H IV into the maternal and child health (MCH)
J Osborne, S Sameil, C LaFleur, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Epidemiology of HIV in pregnant women enrolled in Guyana's pilot
prevention of mother to child transmission programme in 2002
M Edwards, C La Fleur, J Osborne, J Woolford
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Haiti
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries s, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Improving Outcomes in Infants of HIV-Infected Women in a Developing Country Setting.
Noel F, Mehta S, Zhu Y, et al
PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3723.
 Paper
 
A feeding education program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Haiti.
Deschamps MM, Devieux JG, Theodore H, et al 
AIDS Care. 2008 Sep 9:1-6.
 Abstract

The Influence of Power on HIV Risk Among Pregnant Women in Rural Haiti.
Kershaw TS, Small M, Joseph G,
AIDS Behav. 2006 Feb 16;
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Knowledge and stigma in Haiti: The need for structural level interventions
JG Dévieux, M-M Deschamps, M Jean-Gilles, et al
 (135 APHA
 Abstract

Reproductive Health Interventions in Voluntary Counseling Testing (VCT)
Centers for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
BMD Deschamps, GPR Grand Pierre, T H Theodore
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

The pharmaceutical supply system in Haiti: An assessment to support expansion
of VCT/PMTCT activities
M Derosena, G Daniel
(15IAC)
 Abstract
Honduras
     

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Impact of prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV-1 program in Honduras
and Belize
Lorenzana I, Murillo Barahora WE
 (4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
Jamaica
     

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Jamaica is achieving MDG elimination targets for vertically transmitted HIV/AIDS
C.D.C. Christie, P. Palmer, K. Lewis, et al
(6th IAS Conference)
 Abstract

Determinants of voluntary HIV testing during pregnancy in Jamaica
Y Gebre, I A Fashoyin
(15IAC)
 Abstract

HIV seroprevalence, uptake of interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission
and birth outcomes in Greater Kingston, Jamaica
CDC Christie
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
A pediatric and perinatal HIV/AIDS leadership initiative in Greater Kingston, Jamaica
CDC Christie
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 

  Uptake of interventions, preliminary outcomes and challenges in caring for HIV
exposed infants in Kingston, Jamaica. A preliminary report of the Kingston pediatric
and perinatal HIV/AIDS program, september 01, 2002 - august 31, 2003.
JC Steel-Duncan, R Pierre, T Evans-Gilbert, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
  Impact of PMTCT pilot programme on HIV positive mother-child pairs, Jamaica
K Harvey
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
  Nursing intervention in the Kingston pediatric and perinatal HIV program in Jamaica.
PM Palmer, J Moore, C McDonald-Kerr
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Mexico
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
In-Country Migration and Risk Factors for HIV Acquisition among Pregnant Women in Tijuana, Mexico.
Viani RM, Araneta MR, Spector SA.
 J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2014 Jun 16.
Abstract

Parallel Rapid HIV Testing in Pregnant Women at Tijuana General Hospital, Baja California, Mexico.
Viani R, Araneta MR, Spector SA.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Oct 11.
 Abstract

Haitian women living with HIV/AIDS in Guadeloupe: pregnancy between medical stakes, social benefits a
nd administrative vulnerability. A qualitative study.
Pourette D.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2012 Feb 2.
 Abstract

Pregnancy and medical follow-up of women living with HIV/AIDS in Guadeloupe and Martinique
(French West Indies): medical progress and social problems.
 Pourette D.
 Sante. 2011 May 9.
Abstract

Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in a Cohort of Pregnant Women Diagnosed by Rapid HIV Testing at Tijuana General Hospital, Baja California, Mexico.
Viani RM, Ruiz-Calderon J, Lopez G, Chacon-Cruz E, Spector S.
 J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care 2010 Mar 24.
 Abstract

Prevalence of HIV Antibodies in Pregnant Women With Increased Risk for AIDS.
 Romero-Gutierrez G, De Luna-Ortega FR, Horna-Lopez A, De Leon AL.
 Health Care Women Int. 2009 Aug;30(8):720-727.
 Abstract

Prenatal HIV testing in the US-Mexico border region, 2005: the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City
Project for Women's Health.
 Gossman GL, Carillo Garza CA, Johnson C, et al 
Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Oct;5(4):A121.
Abstract
 
Antiretroviral Resistance among HIV Type 1-Infected Women First Exposed to Antiretrovirals during Pregnancy: Plasma versus PBMCs.
 Soto-Ramirez LE, Rodriguez-Diaz R, Durán AS,  et al
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2008 May 28.
 Abstract
 
Prevalence of primary HIV-1 drug resistance in pregnant women and in newly diagnosed
adults at Tijuana General Hospital, Baja California, Mexico.
Viani RM, Hsia K, Hubbard P, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2007 Apr;18(4):235-8.
 Abstract

Perinatal HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico:
Seroprevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection.
 Viani RM, Araneta MR, Ruiz-Calderon J, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Jan 1;41(1):87-92
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  POSTER
 Factors associated with non-acceptance of the rapid test screening of HIV infection in pregnant women
R. Figueroa, N. Plazola, M. Valdez, et al
(6th IAS Conferfence)
 Poster     Abstract

Sexual and reproductive health needs of recently pregnant and pregnant HIV infected women in Mexico
S Garcia, MG Van Dijk, HD Fukuda, et al  
 (136 APHA)
 Abstract
Peru
     

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  A concentrated epidemic: is epidemiology delaying an adequate response to MTCT
in Peru?
R Daoussi
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Puerto Rico
     

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Greater adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) between pregnant
versus non-pregnant women living with HIV.
Zorrilla CD, Santiago LE, Knubson D
 Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2003 Dec;49(8):1187-92.
 Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
  Improved adherence to HAART among a cohort of non-pregnant women and its
associated factors
C D Zorrilla, L E Santiago, M Acevedo, et al
 15IAC)
 Abstract
Trinidad
     

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Adherence to antiretrovirals during and after pregnancy in women attending an HIV treatment
clinic in Trinidad
A. Quava-Jones
(5th IAS Conference)
 Abstract

 

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