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Thai hospital claims reduced mother-baby transmission.(Brief Article)
2002 SEP 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Bangkok hospital says it has cut the rate of HIV transmission from pregnant mothers to their unborn children using a drug cocktail rather than a single antiretroviral dosage.
The government-run Siriraj Hospital said that it gave 106 pregnant women infected with HIV two antiretroviral drugs after 34 weeks of pregnancy and saw the transmission rate fall to just 2.8%.
Previously, infected mothers at the hospital were given the drug AZT, which reduced the transmission rate to 11.7%. By giving them a cocktail of AZT and 3TC, or lamivudine, the rate fell by nearly 9 percentage points, it said.
The hospital said the treatment can be produced in a single tablet costing only 1800 baht ($43) a month, making it affordable for low-income patients.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Thai hospital claims reduced mother-baby transmission.(Brief Article)