Impact of maternal HIV seroconversion during pregnancy on early mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) measured at 4-8 weeks postpartum in South Africa 2011-2012: A national population-based evaluation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Dinh, Thu Ha ^a   Delaney, Kevin P ^a   Goga, Ameena ^b,c   Jackson, Debra ^b,h   Lombard, Carl ^d   Woldesenbet, Selamawit ^d   Mogashoa, Mary ^e   Pillay, Yogan ^f   Shaffer, Nathan ^g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SELF REPORT; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; LACTATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LACTATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84929223634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125525     Document Type: Article

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