Objective: To assess the impact of pregnancy on maternal acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among tribal women in India.
Study Design: From February 1992 to February 1996, 71 tribal women from Manipur, India, with AIDS (Centers for Disease Control stage iii/iv), matched for age, parity, CD4 lymphocyte count and demographic characteristics, were recruited into a prospective study. Thirty-two (49%) of these women were pregnant (8-10 weeks) (group A) and 38 (51%) nonpregnant (group B).