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References: HIV and pregnancy

Connor EM, Sperling RS, Gelber R, et al. Reduction of maternal-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 with zidovudine. N Engl J Med 1994; 331: 1173-80.

Giles ML, Mijch AM, Garland SM, Grover SR, Hellard ME. HIV and pregnancy in Australia. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. Review. 2004 ;44(3): 197-204.

Volmink J, Unati M. HIV: mother to child transmission. Clin Evid 2004; 12: 1-3.

Watts DH. Management of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnancy. Drug therapy. NEJM 2002; 346(24): 18791891

Brocklehurst P, Volmink J. Anti-retrovirals for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2002;(2):CD003510.

http://www.hiviste.com [Antiretroviral treatment to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV] printed March 2005.

Pham P, Barditch-Crovo. XIV: Pharmacologic consideration in HIV-infected pregnant patients. http://hab.hrsa.gov/publications/womencare05/WG05chap14.htm [printed March 2005]

American Academy of Paediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. 1997 Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 24th Ed. Elk Grove Village, Ill. USA.

Siegel J. 1996 Risks & Exposures for the Pregnant Health Care Worker. In: APIC: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Principles & Practice. Mosby, Missouri, USA.

Bannister B, Begg N, Gillespie S. 1996 Infectious Disease. Blackwell Science Ltd, London.

Infection Control in the Health Care Setting. Guidelines for the prevention & transmission of infectious diseases. 1996. NHMRC.

Caswell A. ed: Mims Online. Australia April 2005. http://mims.hcn.net.au


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