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SUBMITTER: Price JT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391830 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Price Joan T JT Vwalika Bellington B Freeman Bethany L BL Cole Stephen R SR Mulenga Helen B HB Winston Jennifer J Mbewe Felistas M FM Chomba Elwyn E Mofenson Lynne M LM Rouse Dwight J DJ Goldenberg Robert L RL Stringer Jeffrey S A JSA
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20190227 1
<h4>Background</h4>Each year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm, a global burden borne disproportionately by families in lower-income countries. Maternal HIV infection increases a woman's risk of delivering prematurely, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) may compound this risk. While prenatal progesterone prophylaxis prevents preterm birth among some high-risk women, it is unknown whether HIV-infected women could benefit from this therapy. We are studying the efficacy of progesterone ...[more]