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===An HIV-infected person cannot have children=== HIV-infected women remain fertile, although in late stages of HIV disease a pregnant woman may have a higher risk of [[miscarriage]]. Normally, the risk of transmitting HIV to the unborn child is between 15 and 30%. However, this may be reduced to just 2β3% if patients carefully follow medical guidelines.<ref name="Groginsky, 1998">{{cite journal | last1 = Groginsky | first1 = E. | last2 = Bowdler | first2 = N. | last3 = Yankowitz | first3 = J. | year = 1998 | title = Update on vertical HIV transmission | journal = J Reprod Med | volume = 43 | issue = 8| pages = 637β46 | pmid = 9749412 }}</ref><ref name="WHO, 2005">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060321195253/http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/stis/index.htm WHO, 2005]</ref>
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