HIV-1-mother-to-child transmission and associated characteristics in a public maternity unit in Presidente Prudente, Brazil

In children, vertical transmission is the main form of HIV infection. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of HIV-1 vertical transmission in mother-infant pairs in a public maternity ward in Presidente Prudente, SP. Additionally; we sought to identify characteristics associated with this form of...

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Main Authors: Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro, Patrícia Rodrigues Naufal Spir, Armênio Alcântara Ribeiro, Vera Lúcia Maria Alves Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652012000100005&lng=en&tlng=en