HIV Infection in Pregnancy

The book includes information about the HIV virus, its structure and action, how it is transmitted and destroyed, the progress of its invasion, the physical effects of HIV invasion and the HIV-AIDS spectrum. A brief history of the epidemiology of HIV infection, the spread and growth of numbers involved - focusing on relevance to women of childbearing age - the effect of HIV on pregnancy, veritcal/cross-infection transmission rates, psychological implications, foetal development and care needs are also discussed as well as the effect of pregnancy on HIV infection.