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Increased risk of HIV-1 transmission in pregnancy: a prospective study among African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples

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Mugo, Nelly R., Heffron, Renee, Donnell, Deborah, Wald, Anna, Were, Edwin O., Rees, Helen, Celum, Connie, Kiarie, James N., Cohen, Craig R., Kayintekore, Kayitesi, Baeten, Jared M.·2011·AIDS

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BACKGROUND: Physiologic and behavioral changes during pregnancy may alter HIV-1 susceptibility and infectiousness. Prospective studies exploring pregnancy and HIV-1 acquisition risk in women have found inconsistent results. No study has explored the effect of pregnancy on HIV-1 transmission risk from HIV-1-infected women to male partners. METHODS: In a prospective study of African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples, we evaluated the relationship between pregnancy and the risk of HIV-1 acquisition among women and HIV-1 transmission from women to men. RESULTS: Three thousand three hundred and twenty-one HIV-1-serodiscordant couples were enrolled, 1085 (32.7%) with HIV-1 susceptible female partners and 2236 (67.3%) with susceptible male partners. HIV-1 incidence in women was 7.35 versus 3.01 per 100 person-years during pregnant and nonpregnant periods [hazard ratio 2.34, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.33-4.09]. This effect was attenuated and not statistically significant after adjusting for sexual behavior and other confounding factors (adjusted hazard ratio 1.71, 95% CI 0.93-3.12). HIV-1 incidence in male partners of infected women was 3.46 versus 1.58 per 100 person-years when their partners were pregnant versus not pregnant (hazard ratio 2.31, 95% CI 1.22-4.39). This effect was not attenuated in adjusted analysis (adjusted hazard ratio 2.47, 95% CI 1.26-4.85). CONCLUSION: HIV-1 risk increased two-fold during pregnancy. Elevated risk of HIV-1 acquisition in pregnant women appeared in part to be explained by behavioral and other factors. This is the first study to show that pregnancy increased the risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission, which may reflect biological changes of pregnancy that could increase HIV-1 infectiousness.

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Mugo, N. R., Heffron, R., Donnell, D., Wald, A., Were, E. O., Rees, H., Celum, C., Kiarie, J. N., Cohen, C. R., Kayintekore, K., & Baeten, J. M.
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AIDS
Published
2011-09-24
Volume
25
Issue
15
Pages
1887-1895
ISSN
0269-9370 (ISSN-L)
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W2163974471
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Mugo, N. R., Heffron, R., Donnell, D., Wald, A., Were, E. O., Rees, H., Celum, C., Kiarie, J. N., Cohen, C. R., Kayintekore, K., & Baeten, J. M. (2011). Increased risk of HIV-1 transmission in pregnancy: a prospective study among African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples. AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0b013e32834a9338

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