دورية أكاديمية
Review of four unusual cases of HIV-positive infants; cryptic pregnancy scam and mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria.
| العنوان: | Review of four unusual cases of HIV-positive infants; cryptic pregnancy scam and mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria. |
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| المؤلفون: | Orji ML; Department of Paediatrics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria., Oyim-Elechi OC; Department of Paediatrics, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria., Agboeze J; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria., Nwali MI; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. |
| المصدر: | Journal of public health (Oxford, England) [J Public Health (Oxf)] 2023 Aug 28; Vol. 45 (3), pp. 706-709. |
| نوع المنشور: | Case Reports; Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101188638 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1741-3850 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17413842 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Public Health (Oxf) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, c2004- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | HIV Infections*/prevention & control , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious*/diagnosis , Infertility, Female*, Female ; Pregnancy ; Infant ; Humans ; Child ; Adolescent ; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control ; Nigeria |
| مستخلص: | Background: Cryptic pregnancy is defined as lack of awareness of pregnancy until the last weeks of gestation or during labour and delivery but in cryptic pregnancy scam, mothers feigned pregnancies that never existed. Methods: We report a total of four cases of HIV infected infants said to have been delivered by HIV negative mothers. All the mothers are above 40 years of age with a range of 9 to 18 years of infertility in marriage. The cryptic pregnancy scam was neither confirmed by pregnancy test nor obstetric scan. Diagnosis of HIV infection was made at infancy following positive rapid test and HIV antigen test. Conclusion: The menace of cryptic pregnancy scam in Nigeria is setting back the gains of HIV prevention and control. Desperate infertile women are made to believe that they are pregnant while babies are bought and brought to them at said date of delivery. These mothers never had proper antenatal care and so were never screened for HIV. Cryptic pregnancy scam is real amongst desperate barren women who become easy prey to the perpetuators. Awareness creation and sensitization on its harm is advocated. (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Cryptic pregnancy; HIV; Mother-To-Child-Transmission |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20230506 Date Completed: 20230901 Latest Revision: 20230906 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdad048 |
| PMID: | 37147913 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1741-3850 |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdad048 |