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P21 PAEDIATRIC HIV INFECTION FOLLOWING SEROCONVERSION IN PREGNANCY DESPITE ANTENATAL SCREENING
S. S. Struik¹, presenting, G. Tudor-Williams², G. P. Taylor², S. D. Portsmouth², C. J. Foster², C. Walsh¹, C. Hanley¹, S. Walters¹, J. H. Smith¹, H. Lyall¹.¹St Mary’s Hospital, London; ²Imperial College of Medicine, London, UK

Introduction: Should partners be tested and/or repeat third trimester HIV screening be recommended?

Aims: To demonstrate that seroconversion in pregnancy is an important cause of vertically transmitted HIV in the UK. To highlight the need for further regional and national investigation of this problem and for a review of the UK policy of prevention of vertically transmitted HIV.

Methods: Retrospective case note review of all infants diagnosed with HIV below 1year of age between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2005 in a tertiary referral hospital in London providing family centred care for HIV (n = 25).

Results: Twenty two of the 25 cases . . . [Full text of this article]