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| Title |
High prevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV)- type 2 co-infection among HIV-positive women in Ukraine, but no increased HIV mother-to-child transmission risk
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, April 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-016-0887-y |
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| Authors |
Karoline Aebi-Popp, Heather Bailey, Ruslan Malyuta, Alla Volokha, Claire Thorne, The Ukraine European Collaborative Study in EuroCoord |
| Abstract |
Over 3500 HIV-positive women give birth annually in Ukraine, a setting with high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections. Herpes simplex virus Type 2 (HSV-2) co-infection may increase HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) risk. We explored factors associated with HSV-2 seropositivity among HIV-positive women in Ukraine, and its impact on HIV MTCT. Data on 1513 HIV-positive women enrolled in the Ukraine European Collaborative Study from 2007 to 2012 were analysed. Poisson and logistic regression models respectively were fit to investigate factors associated with HSV-2 seropositivity and HIV MTCT. Median maternal age was 27 years (IQR 24-31), 53 % (796/1513) had been diagnosed with HIV during their most recent pregnancy and 20 % had a history of injecting drugs. Median antenatal CD4 count was 430 cells/mm(3) (IQR 290-580). Ninety-six percent had received antiretroviral therapy antenatally. HSV-2 seroprevalence was 68 % (1026/1513). In adjusted analyses, factors associated with HSV-2 antibodies were history of pregnancy termination (APR 1.30 (95 % CI 1.18-1.43) for ≥2 vs. 0), having an HIV-positive partner (APR 1.15 (95 % CI 1.05-1.26) vs partner's HIV status unknown) and HCV seropositivity (APR 1.23 (95 % CI 1.13-1.35)). The overall HIV MTCT rate was 2.80 % (95 % CI 1.98-3.84); no increased HIV MTCT risk was detected among HSV-2 seropositive women after adjusting for known risk factors (AOR 1.43 (95 % CI 0.54-3.77). No increased risk of HIV MTCT was detected among the 68 % of HIV-positive women with antibodies to HSV-2, in this population with an overall HIV MTCT rate of 2.8 %. Markers of ongoing sexual risk among HIV-positive HSV-2 seronegative women indicate the importance of interventions to prevent primary HSV-2 infection during pregnancy in this high-risk group. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 6 | 55% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| Romania | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 48 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 20 | 42% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 21 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 June 2016.
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#18
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