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ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports2025

Opportunities to Optimize Outcomes of Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV and Syphilis in Pregnancy: the Quest to Eliminate Maternal and Vertical Transmission.

Dvora Joseph Davey, Alex de Voux, Natalie Shaetonhodi, Michael Marks, Lisa Frigati, Tendesayi Kufa

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Review in Current HIV/AIDS reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Dvora Joseph DaveyUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA. djosephdavey@mednet.ucla.edu.
Alex de VouxDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Natalie ShaetonhodiDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Michael MarksClinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Lisa FrigatiDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Tendesayi KufaNational Institute of Communicable Diseases, Centre for HIV/STIs, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

Stepped care to optimize PrEP effectiveness in pregnant and postpartum women (SCOPE-PP) in South AfricaR01HD106862 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DVORA Leah JOSEPH DAVEY · 2021 to 2026
$2.7M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01HD106862NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD106862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is an urgent need to improve interventions for HIV and syphilis in pregnancy to achieve elimination.

resultsThe tenets of vertical transmission strategies for HIV and syphilis overlap but have varying success due to differences in their transmission dynamics, diagnoses, and treatment. Key principles include prevention of maternal infection, screening and diagnosis early and throughout antenatal care, curative treatment (syphilis), viral load suppression (HIV), early infant diagnosis and treatment (HIV and congenital syphilis). We recommend improved guidelines, provider training and focused research and surveillance, including implementation studies to align HIV and syphilis screening and treatment during pregnancy. Opportunities to integrate syphilis screening and treatment into antenatal and HIV care enable providers to offer comprehensive maternal care.

conclusionIntegrated HIV/syphilis services ensure a cohesive and person-centered approach, improving health outcomes through streamlined, efficient, and family-centered care pathways. We recommend key interventions to reduce HIV and syphilis in pregnancy and prevent vertical transmission.

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HIV InfectionsInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancy Complications, InfectiousSyphilisFemaleHumansPregnancyPrenatal Care

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PMID40263166
PMCPMC12014709

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