Journal article
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