RT Book, Section
A1 Chambliss, Linda R.
A1 Myers, Robert A.
A2 Foley, Michael R.
A2 Strong, Jr., Thomas H.
A2 Garite, Thomas J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1115791993
T1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Pregnancy
T2 Obstetric Intensive Care Manual, 4e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071820134
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115791993
RD 2024/04/20
AB Despite  all  we  have  learned  about  the  HIV  virus,  HIV  infection  continues  to  ravage  the  world,  particularly  in  underdeveloped  nations.  The  United  Nations  estimates  that  worldwide  over  35  million  people  are  infected  with  the  HIV  virus  and  16,000  new  infections  occur  each  day.  In  the  United  States,  over  50,000  new  infections  occur  each  year.  In  2011,  21%  of  the  new  diagnosis—almost  10,000  cases  of  HIV  infection  occurred  in  women  and  adolescent  girls.  The  Centers  for  Disease  Control  (CDC)  estimates  there  are  over  250,000  women  in  the  United  States  who  are  HIV  positive  and  15%  are  unaware  of  their  infection.  The  epidemic  continues  to  disproportionately  affect  women  of  color.  The  rate  of  HIV  infection  in  African  American  women  is  20  times  that  of  Caucasians  while  the  rate  of  Latina  women  is  4  times  as  high  as  white  women.  See  Fig.  26-1.