Sun, YupingHewan-Lowe, KarleneWu, QiangYu, JiangGuo, ZhiqiuHan, YaliFan, YujiangQin, XianfangXu, PingBolatihan, JanatiHoshaerbai, MayinuerYuan, LupingHong, Heng2016-06-272016-06-272011-11The Open AIDS Journal; 5: p. 96-1011874-6136http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5748Objective: The number of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in China has increased in recent years. HIV screening for pregnant women was performed in a remote area in Xinjiang, as an effort to promote universal HIV screening in pregnant women and to help prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Methods: Pregnant women in Burqin and Jeminay Counties in Xinjiang were offered free voluntary HIV screening. Local mid-level medical workers were trained to use Determine® HIV-1/2 kit for HIV screening. All the tested pregnant women signed a consent form, received HIV education material, and participated in an HIV knowledge survey. Results: All the 890 pregnant women receiving HIV test had negative result. Among these women, 67.6% were Kazakh and 40.9% were farmers. Survey of HIV knowledge showed that these women's awareness about mother-to-child transmission was limited. The levels of HIV knowledge were related with ethnic background, age, education and profession of the pregnant women. Conclusion: The results suggested that HIV infection had not become a significant problem among the pregnant women in this remote area of Xinjiang, but continued efforts to improve the awareness of HIV, especially the knowledge about mother-to-child transmission of HIV, in pregnant women were needed.Universal HIV screenpregnant womenmother-to-child transmissionArticlepmc324240010.2174/1874613601105010096