Decreasing incidence of pregnancy by decreasing CD4 cell count in HIV-infected women in Côte d'Ivoire: a 7-year cohort study
- 4 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in AIDS
- Vol. 19 (4), 443-445
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000161776.30815.44
Abstract
In a cohort study of women of childbearing age in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, we followed 473 HIV-infected women for 1551 person-years, and found that the incidence of pregnancy and livebirth decreased with decreasing CD4 cell counts. This has consequences in terms of scaling-up strategies for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Women who need HAART will be less likely than those who do not to be recruited into prenatal care facilities.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- HIV-1 disease progression and fertilityAIDS, 2004
- Pattern of bacterial diseases in a cohort of HIV-1 infected adults receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Abidjan, Côte d'IvoireAIDS, 2003
- Twenty-four month efficacy of a maternal short-course zidovudine regimen to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in West AfricaAIDS, 2002
- Incidence of pregnancies among African HIV-infected women, Abidjan, 1995–2000AIDS, 2001
- Population-based study of fertility in women with HIV-1 infection in UgandaThe Lancet, 1998
- Fertility rates in 238 HIV-1-seropositive women in Zaire followed for 3 years post-partumAIDS, 1991