An estimated 1.3 million pregnant women were living with HIV in 2018. HIV infection is
associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and all HIV-positive pregnant women …

The current worldwide spread of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) to the
heterosexual population has resulted in approximately 800000 children born yearly to HIV-1 …

Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on combination active
antiretroviral therapy (cART) are at increased risk of age-related complications. We …

Although children born to HIV-infected (HIV+) women receiving antiretroviral therapy during
pregnancy show virtually no adverse clinical effects at birth, the antiretroviral nucleoside …

Background: The perinatal prophylactic administration of zidovudine is associated with
rapidly reversible macrocytic anemia in infants. However, a recent study suggests that there …

Inconsistent results have been reported for the semen quality in HIV‐infected men, due to
the biases inherent in some studies. The objective of the present study was to investigate the …

The human placenta expresses a large number of transport proteins. The ATP-binding
cassette (ABC) family of active efflux pumps, predominantly localised to the maternal-facing …

An estimated 800,000 children acquired HIV-infection in 2002, most as a result of mother-to-
child transmission (MTCT), and vertically-acquired HIV infection continues to be of major …

Antiretroviral drugs have been used routinely to reduce the risk of mother-to-child
transmission of HIV infection since 1994, following the AIDS Clinical Trials Group 076 trial …

Objective: Although most uninfected infants born to women infected with HIV-1 show no
clinical evidence of mitochondrial compromise, mitochondrial dysfunction has been reported …