Decreasing incidence of pregnancy by decreasing CD4 cell count in HIV-infected women in Côte d'Ivoire: a 7-year cohort study

AIDS. 2005 Mar 4;19(4):443-5. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000161776.30815.44.

Abstract

In a cohort study of women of childbearing age in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, we followed 473 HIV-infected women for 1551 person-years, and found that the incidence of pregnancy and livebirth decreased with decreasing CD4 cell counts. This has consequences in terms of scaling-up strategies for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Women who need HAART will be less likely than those who do not to be recruited into prenatal care facilities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count*
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Developing Countries
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infertility, Female / immunology
  • Infertility, Female / virology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / immunology*
  • Pregnancy Outcome