Cobertura da testagem sorológica e prevalência da infecção pelo HIV entre gestantes do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, 1999 a 2003

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to show the impact that the Pregnancy Protection Programme hash on the number of women tested for HIV in the prenatal period during the first year of the programme compared to previous years. The methods used were collection of a blood sample (obtained by finger prick) on five discs of filter paper (S&5903). Initial ELISA testing was done, followed by confirmatory tests: ELISA, Western-Blot and PCR-test in a separate sample of blood collected by venous puncture. Those submitted from pregnant women for HIV-testing included: 496/41,859 (1.18%) pregnant in 1999, 6.448/41,270(16.01%) in 2000, 6,627/39,629 (16.72%) in 2001, 11,330/39,731(28.51%) in 2002, and 32,512/39,183 (83.00%) in 2003. The coverage reached was also due to the facility and practicality of collecting material in the public health services, rural and indigenous populations using filter-paper, which has contributed to the increase of HIV-infected women, who were diagnosed making prevention, prophylactic and therapeutic procedures possible, reducing HIV vertical transmission, and consequently the maternal and infant morbidity and mortality for AIDS.