Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in Zimbabwe
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Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission
In Iran 8% of HIV- infected cases are women. Since most of them are young and in childbearing ages, in case of becoming pregnant and not receiving preventive measures, they can infect their child. Without Preventive measures transmission rate is 15 to 45 percent. Several factors such as sever stage of HIV and AIDS ,CD4 low count, high viral loud, acute retroviral phase, STDs, vaginal delivery, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.107