CDC advocates routine testing counseling and voluntary testing for HIV in all pregnant women. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) From: American Family Physician | Date: September 1, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 American Academy of Family Physicians. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published guidelines urging members of the medical professions to offer routine counseling and voluntary testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in all pregnant women in the United States. These U.S. Public Health Service guidelines were developed following a National Institutes of Health study (AIDS Clinical Trials Group [ACTG] protocol number 076) demonstrating that pregnant women can reduce the chances of transmitting HIV to their infants by as much as two-thirds if zidovudine (AZT; Retrovir) therapy is initiated at 14 ...

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