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HIV-Infected Adolescent Mothers and Their Infants: Low Coverage of HIV Services and High Risk of HIV Transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

OBJECTIVES: Rates of pregnancy and HIV infection are high among South African adolescents, yet little is known about rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in this group. We report a comparison of the characteristics of adolescent mothers and adult mothers, including HIV prevalence and...

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Autores principales:	Horwood, Christiane, Butler, Lisa M., Haskins, Lyn, Phakathi, Sifiso, Rollins, Nigel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3779214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24073215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074568

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