MMWR: the prevalence of neural tube defects in HIV exposed pregnancies was 7.0/10000

January 26, 2020 / Biovalley BIOON / - -- in a new study, Dr jenita reefhuis and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States reported that in every 10000 live births, there were 7.0 cases of neural tube defect, similar to the general population The related research results were published in the Journal of morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on January 10, 2020 The paper title is "neural tube defects in pregnancies among women with diagnosed HIV infection-15 jurisdictionaries, 2013-2017" The picture is from cc0 public domain Using data from two CDC HIV / AIDS monitoring programs, the researchers estimated the overall prevalence of neural tube defects in 15 jurisdictions in the United States between 2013 and 2017, the prevalence of neural tube defects in pregnancies exposed to HIV, and birth defects The researchers found that the prevalence of neural tube defects in women diagnosed with HIV infection was 7.0 per 10000 live births The prevalence of neural tube defects is similar to that of the general population in these 15 jurisdictions (7.0 per 10000 live births) and to that estimated in the United States based on data from 24 states (about 8 per 10000 live births) "Efforts need to continue to collect pregnancy information about the impact of maternal HIV infection in order to understand the relationship between HIV treatment and birth defects and other pregnancy outcomes," the authors wrote (bio Com) reference: Jennifer reefhuis et al Natural tube defects in pregnancies among women with diagnosed HIV infection-15 jurisdictionals, 2013-2017 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report, 2020, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6901a1 Natural tube defect prevention 7.0 per 10, 000 in HIV-exposed https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-neural-tube-defect-prevalence-hiv-exposed.html