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Int Arch Med. 2013 Oct 31;6(1):45. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-45.

Motor development of infants exposed to maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) but not infected.

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Dafne Herrero, Paulo Rogério Gallo, Mahmi Fujimori, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Vitor E Valenti, Carlos Mendes Tavares, Sophia Motta Gallo, Cícero Cruz Macedo, Adriana G Oliveira, Luiz Carlos de Abreu

Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil da Faculdade de saúde, Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. [email protected].

PMID: 24171763 PMCID: PMC3904463 DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-45

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To assess the motor development of infants exposed to maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

METHODS: Thirty infants were assessed in the period from November 2009 to March 2010 at the AIDS Reference and Training Centre, in São Paulo, Brazil. The assessment instrument used in the research was the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS). All 30 infants used the antiretroviral drug properly for 42 consecutive days, in accordance with the protocol of the World Health Organization.

RESULTS: Out of the total number of infants, 27 (90%) had proper motor performance and 3 (10%) presented motor delay, according to the AIMS.

DISCUSSION: This study demonstrated that only 10% of the assessed group had developmental delay and no relation with environmental variables was detected, such as maternal level of education, social and economic issues, maternal practices, attendance at the day care center, and drug use during pregnancy. It is important to emphasize the necessity of studies with a larger number of participants.

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