Advances and Failures in Preventing Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
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Advances and failures in preventing perinatal human immunodeficiency virus infection.
An estimated 2.5 million children are currently living with HIV, the vast majority as a result of mother-to-child transmission. Prevention of perinatal HIV infection has been immensely successful in developed countries. A comprehensive package of services, including maternal and infant antiretroviral therapy, elective cesarean section, and avoidance of breast-feeding, has resulted in transmissi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-08