Question 132 · LEK · Infections in pregnancy
The combination of pharmacological therapy with a planned cesarean delivery has been shown to reduce the perinatal transmission of HIV to:
- A. 25%.
- B. 17.5%.
- C. 5%.
- D. 1.5%.
- E. perinatal transmission of HIV does not depend on the mode of a delivery.
Hint
Compare the untreated transmission rate (roughly one in four) with what antiretrovirals plus elective cesarean achieve together.
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