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November 23, 2005
Why Do Babies Get HIV?
by Staff
November 23, 2005—A new study offers an explanation for why HIV is so commonly transmitted to babies during birth: Small amounts of blood seem to leak from the mom’s placenta during labor. Researchers suggest that the findings, published November 21 in the journal PLoS Medicine, also explain why Caesarean sections only seem to prevent transmission if the woman has not yet gone into labor—and that they argue for giving mothers anti-HIV drugs ahead of time.
