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Towards elimination of mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV in Rwanda: a nested case‐control study of risk factors for transmission

Abstract

BackgroundMother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) has substantially declined since the scale-up of prevention programs around the world, including Rwanda. To achieve full elimination of MTCT, it is important to understand the risk factors associated with residual HIV transmission, defined as MTCT at the population-level that still occurs despite universal access to PMTCT.Methods We performed a case control study of children born from mothers …

Authors

Remera E; Mugwaneza P; Chammartin F; Mulindabigwi A; Musengimana G; Forrest JI; Mwanyumba F; Kondwani N; Condo JU; Riedel DJ

Journal

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol. 21, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 2021

DOI

10.1186/s12884-021-03806-5

ISSN

1471-2393