![]() In Turkey, 1,772 AIDS cases have been reported, and 0.4% of these patients ( n = 13) acquired AIDS from transmission from mothers to their babies. According to 2019 data of the Joint United Nations HIV/AIDS Program/the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), it is reported that 37.9 million people were infected with HIV worldwide at the end of 2018, of those 1.7 million were children under the age of 15. While HIV-2 progresses with lower morbidity and mortality than HIV-1, the AIDS stage takes place many years later, and the rate of transmission from mother to baby is lower than that of HIV-1 (10-40%). ![]() There are two known serotypes of HIV HIV-1 is common worldwide, and HIV-2 is found mainly in Africa countries. The most common way of getting HIV is through unprotected sexual intercourse, sharing infected needles or other injecting equipment, and transmission from virus-infected mothers to their babies during pregnancy, delivery through vaginal fluids, or breastfeeding. Conclusion: False positivity can be encountered during pregnancy therefore, positive anti-HIV-1/2 ELISA results should be confirmed with molecular techniques before initiating antiretroviral treatment.Īcquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which attacks immune cells and weakens the immune system that fights infections and diseases. False positivity was significantly higher in pregnants compared to non-pregnants (p=0.033). S/Co titer of pregnant and non pregnant who have positive anti-HIV-test without viral load was x ̄=2.68☑.64 (1.34-5.20) and x ̄=8.63☗.68 (1.56-20.98) respectively. HIV RNA was not detected in any pregnant however, was detected in 2 (0.02%) of non pregnant. Results: Anti-HIV-1/2 ELISA test was positive in 7 (0.3%) of pregnant and 11 (0.1%) of non-pregnant women. SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Demo Ver 22 program was used for statistical analysis and significance (p<0.05) was measured by Person Chi-Square and Fisher's Exact tests. Positive results were confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR). ![]() The fourth generation anti-HIV-1/2 ELISA test was carried out by chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay. Methods: A total of 11.977 women admitted to Near East University Hospital between 20 were involved. As false positivity anti-HIV results due to pregnancy could be detected and no relevant study have been reported in Northern Cyprus so far, we aimed to estimate the false anti-HIV positivity rate in pregnant women. Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be transmitted from mothers to their babies during pregnancy, delivery through vaginal fluids or breastfeeding. ![]()
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