Approximately one out of four HIV positive women are unaware of their disease, which puts them at high risk of passing the virus to their children. Mother-to-child transmission is the most common way children become infected with HIV. Approximately all AIDS cases in U.S. children are because of mother-to-child transmission. HIV transmission is reduced from 25% to less than 2% in women taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) before and during birth, and if their babies are given therapy after birth. Accordingly, universal “opt-out” HIV testing is recommended for all pregnant women early in every<unk> . Triple therapy should be administered to all pregnant women diagnosed with HIV. However, regardless of the antenatal ART regimen, zidovudine should be administered to the mother as an intravenous infusion during labor, and to the neonate orally for 6 weeks after birth.
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