Introduction:

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a member of the Retroviridae family, currently grouped within the Lentivirus genus.

Objectives:

To describe the clinical characteristics of newborns born to mothers diagnosed with HIV.

Materials and Methods:

This was a descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study of the mother-child pairing of newborns born to mothers with HIV, admitted to the Neonatology Service of the Barrio Obrero General Hospital from January 2016 to December 2021. We proceeded to collect the data from the records of the period corresponding to the study.

Results:

A total of 31 individuals (mother-child pairs) were analyzed, most of the infants were male, one third of the children were born with low or very low weight, 11 mothers had insufficient or no prenatal care, which resulted in 5 vaginal deliveries in those without prenatal care. The most frequent reason for infant hospitalization was hyperbilirubinemia, the prophylaxis received by the newborns was Zidovudine monotherapy.

Conclusions:

This research has shown that despite the efforts of the HIV and maternal control programs, children are still born with low or very low weight, we found insufficient prenatal care and vaginal deliveries.

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