The World; Strides Made in Fighting HIV in Newborns; Medicine: Anti- AIDS drugs have greatly reduced infections in U.S. babies, agency says.

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The World; Strides Made in Fighting HIV in Newborns; Medicine: Anti- AIDS drugs have greatly reduced infections in U.S. babies, agency says.
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Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, Calif.
Subjects:	Births, Human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS
Author:	THOMAS H. MAUGH II
Date:	Jul 10, 2002
Start Page:	A.3
Section:	Part A; Main News; Foreign Desk
Text Word Count:	494



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In one of the great triumphs of the fight against AIDS, physicians have reduced the number of U.S. infants born with HIV infections by 80% since 1991, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 1,760 HIV-positive infants were born in the United States in 1991, but only an estimated 280 to 370 in 2000, Dr. Patricia Fleming of the CDC told the 14th International AIDS Conference. In general, only about 2% of infants born to HIV-positive women contract the virus if the mother is diagnosed before birth and receives a cocktail of anti-AIDS drugs. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.



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