Antenatal maternal HIV diagnosis is of importance in -
To prevent vertical transmission
To terminate
To discharge
To isolate the patient
HIV infection can be transmitted from an infected mother to her fetus during pregnancy, during delivery, or by breastfeeding.
The relative proportions of mother-to-child transmissions were 23–30% before birth, 50–65% during birth, and 12–20% via breastfeeding.
Treatment of an HIV-infected mother with nevirapine during pregnancy and the infant during the first weeks following birth has proved very effective in dramatically decreasing mother-to-child transmission of HIV