Abstract

Sir, In their editorial ‘Zidovudine monotherapy in pregnancy: is it state of the art?’ Katzenstein and Gerstoft [1] suggest that the inclusion of zidovudine monotherapy (ZDVm) in the latest version of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidelines [2] for the management of HIV in pregnancy might be ‘a remnant from an earlier recommendation that has not been formally disqualified by clinical studies’. We would suggest that there is a more positive case and here consider their four aims of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in pregnancy in this light.

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