Clinical and Public Health Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Hiv Spread

HIV-1 and HIV-2 are part of the lentivirus subfamily of the Retroviridae family and are the only ones in their group capable of infecting humans, causing HIV infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - AIDS. This work has as main objective to analyze the use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women with HIV and also to describe the evolution of the use of anti-HIV drugs in the prevention of vertical transmission. 596 articles were found in the PubMed database and 8 in the Scielo database, and subsequently selected, resulting in twelve articles. Although antiretroviral treatments are effective and reduce the morbidity and mortality of the disease, access to diagnosis and therapy is still difficult in many countries - Brazil being an example in free and universal distribution.