Worldwide prevention of vertical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission.
Most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children acquire the infection by perinatal transmission. Strategies for the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission mainly focus on conditions that prevail in industrialized countries, although most of these children are born in areas with less privileged circumstances. This review takes these circumstances into consideration when addressing six potential strategies to reduce perinatal HIV transmission.
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Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands.
van Roosmalen
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D001942:Breast Feeding; D019049:Developed Countries; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors