In this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest editors Drs. Ann Chahroudi and Avy Violari bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Perinatal HIV. The goal of perinatal HIV transmission elimination requires assuring prenatal care, HIV screening, and treatment during pregnancy. This important issue addresses critical clinical topics such as clinical care, prevention, and research to provide a state-of-the-art review of this topic.
- Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including standard of care for prevention of perinatal HIV transmission and challenges in different regions; treatment of pediatric HIV infection; neurocognitive outcomes following perinatal HIV infection; care of the child perinatally exposed to HIV; state-of-the-art research in perinatal HIV; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews of perinatal HIV, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Authors
Ann Chahroudi Associate Division Chief for Basic/Translational Research,Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School
of Medicine
Director, Emory + Children's Center for Childhood
Infections & Vaccines (CCIV). Avy Violari Deputy Director, Perinatal HIV Research Unit University
of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa.
