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High frequency of rapid immunological progression in African infants infected in the era of perinatal HIV prophylaxis.

Journal article published in 2007 by Wendy Mphatswe, Natasha Blanckenberg, Gareth Tudor-Williams, Andrew Prendergast ORCID, Christina Thobakgale, Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi, Noel McCarthy, Bd Walker, Photini Kiepiela, Philip Goulder
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the natural history of HIV infection following peripartum single-dose nevirapine (sd-NVP) prophylaxis in a resource-limited country, and to assess implications for antiretroviral therapy (ART) roll-out programmes. METHODS: Infants of HIV-infected mothers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, were tested on days 1 and 28 to detect intrauterine (IU) and intrapartum (IP) infection. Infant follow-up included monthly viral load and CD4 cell measurement. ART was initiated at infant CD4 cell%