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SPECIFIC AIMS : PRIMARY: To describe the PK parameters during pregnancy of selected antiretroviral drugs currently used in the clinical care of pregnant HIV-infected women, and to determine if standard therapeutic dosing regimens of these antiretroviral drugs produce adequate drug exposure during pregnancy compared to a) historical data from non-pregnant adults; and b) the same women in the study cohorts during the postpartum period. SECONDARY: To compare antiretroviral drug concentrations in plasma from cord blood with those in maternal plasma at the time of delivery. To indirectly assess the induction of cytochrome P450 3A4 by determining the ratio in urine of 6b-hydroxycortisol to cortisol.
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