Rate of HIV transmission and associated factors among HIV-exposed infants in selected health facilities of East and West Gojjam Zones, Northwest Ethiopia; retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background In 2014, there were 170,000 new HIV-infected children globally. The rate of HIV transmission from mother to child in Ethiopia was 18%. Though there are a number of HIV-related studies conducted in Ethiopia, there is a scarcity of evidence on the rate of mother to child transmissi...

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Main Authors: Nurilign Abebe Moges, Getachew Mullu Kassa, Dube Jara Boneya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2578-3