Jason Brophy and Drug Treatment

drug treatment: Canada has virtually eliminated the incidence of mothers passing HIV to their infants at birth, primarily because of high rates of pre-natal testing and ready access to drug treatment that subdues the infection, researchers say, according to Brandon Sun. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO TORONTO - Canada has virtually eliminated the incidence of mothers passing HIV to their infants at birth, primarily because of high rates of pre-natal testing and ready access to drug treatment that subdues the infection, researchers say. Jason Brophy, an infectious disease specialist at the Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, is shown in a handout photo. In 2014, there was only one case of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Canada, continuing a decade-long downward trend, said Dr. The finding was among data from three studies by CPARG perinatal HIV surveillance program presented Wednesday at the 8th International AIDS Society conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver. Jason Brophy, chair of the Canadian Pediatric and Perinatal AIDS Research Group , which has been tracking cases since 1990. "The World Health Organization definition of elimination is less than two per cent transmission, and that where we are right now," said Brophy, an infectious disease specialist at the Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.