By Ethan Covey
The risk for HIV transmission increases steadily throughout pregnancy, reaching a peak during the postpartum period, suggesting that biological changes during pregnancy make women increasingly susceptible to HIV infection.
The data, which were presented at CROI 2018 in Boston, stressed the need for increased HIV prevention interventions for women (abstract 45).
“This study has important public health implications,” said Renee Heffron, PhD, an assistant professor of