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Prevention/Epidemiology

NEJM PMTCT Studies

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

October 15, 2010

Two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine "equip us with strategies to deal with the current imperfections in our scale-up efforts" to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, write Marc Lallemant and Gonzague Jourdain of the Harvard School of Public Health in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial. The editorial compares the findings with updated WHO guidelines on PMTCT. The editorial also looks at questions that arise given the findings including: the difference in long-term response to the two drugs, strategies for preserving or "recycling" nevirapine therapy and the higher cost of ritonavir-boosted lopinavir compared with nevirapine (10/14).

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