Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Did You Know....Process of Screening newborns

So I was just perusing the internet trying to see what else I could learn about HIV transmission from mothers to their newborns when I realized.... I know how transmission occurs and what happens once they're diagnosed with HIV, but I don't know how they determine whether a newborn has HIV or not.

According to the National Academies Press, article HIV screening of pregnant women and newborns, screening newborn babies can provide for earlier treatment if detected that young, it prevents horizontal transmission (from the baby to the nurse) and other things. Which got me on the subject of horizontal transmission.

There are two types of horizontal transmission. The first type is anterior station, which is when something is transmitted by a bite. Then there is the posterior station, which is when someone is infected by coming into contact with infected feces.

3 comments:

  1. This is a great topic. I would like to know more about it in greater detail. It was be hard as a mother to see that your newborn is HIV positive.

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  2. I would also like to know more about this. I think I saw some similar information about transmission from pregnant mother to fetus. As I recall there were different ways of delivery that would keep the newborn safe from infection. It would be interesting however to know just how newborns are screened. Can they run test on the unborn fetus?

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