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Can a pregnant woman with hiv give birth to a child without hiv antibody as at time of birth and no trace of hiv in the baby a month old hemogram tst?

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Dr. Venkata Vallury answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Hiv: highly unlikely as the baby has maternal blood at birth and will test positive initially, the baby is tested again once a month till he reaches 3-6 months of age if these tests are negative the baby is considered HIV negative

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Answered 1/31/2015

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