Women: unique HFV transmission risks
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Women: unique HFV transmission risks

Elizabeth Murray Senior Nurse Tutor, Continuing Education, Derbyshire College of Nursing and Midwifery

Elizabeth Murray considers modes of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus which are unique to women. Her review demonstrates that the route of acquisition of the virus can be totally different from the route of subsequent transmission

Women are at risk of acquiring HIV infection through the same modes as men, which include sexual intercourse, contaminated needles and organ/tissue donations. Infected pregnant women can transmit the virus to their unborn babies.

Nursing Standard. 5, 50, 34-36. doi: 10.7748/ns.5.50.34.s36

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