Higher risks of mother-to-child HIV transmission in countries with lower HIV prevalence: UNAIDS 2013 results for 32 countries with generalised epidemics

Higher risks of mother-to-child HIV transmission in countries with lower HIV prevalence: UNAIDS 2013 results for 32 countries with generalised epidemics

Objectives: Diagnosis and treatment of HIV-infected mothers significantly lower rates of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Early infant diagnosis (EID) is required to monitor success of prevention of MTCT (pMTCT) programmes. Our aim was to compare rates of MTCT, EID and pMTCT in countries...

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Main Authors: Andrew Hill, Thomas Dauncey, Jake Levi, Katherine Heath, Carmen Pérez Casas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Virus Eradication
Subjects:
MTCT
pMTCT
mother-to-child transmission
HIV
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664020309274

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