Background Caesarean section rates are progressively rising in many parts of the world.
One suggested reason is increasing requests by women for caesarean section in the …

Despite the significant progress that has been made to eliminate vertical HIV infection, more
than 150,000 children were infected with HIV in 2019, emphasizing the continued need for …

Summary Background For 3–4% of pregnancies, the fetus will be in the breech presentation
at term. For most of these women, the approach to delivery is controversial. We did a …

Abstract Context: The Women and Infants Transmission Study is a prospective natural
history study that has been enrolling HIV-1-infected pregnant women and their infants since …

Aim: In the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland, avoidance of breastfeeding and alternative
combinations of antiretroviral therapy regimen and mode of delivery are recommended …

Background The importance of plasma levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-
1) RNA in pregnant women in relation to the other factors known to influence the risk of …

Background The goal of the present study was to assess risk factors for perinatal hepatitis C
virus (HCV) transmission and the natural history of infection among HCV-infected infants …

Background Maternal, obstetrical, and infant-related factors associated with the risk of
perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were identified …

Background Little information is available about the timing of mother-to-child transmission of
hepatitis C virus (HCV), and no interventions to decrease transmission rates have been …

Objective: To identify factors associated with mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission (MTCT)
from mothers receiving antenatal antiretroviral therapy. Design: The French Perinatal Cohort …