Maternal Malaria and Perinatal HIV Transmission, Western Kenya1,2

Maternal Malaria and Perinatal HIV Transmission, Western Kenya1,2

To determine whether maternal placental malaria is associated with an increased risk for perinatal mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT), we studied HIV-positive women in western Kenya. We enrolled 512 mother-infant pairs; 128 (25.0%) women had malaria, and 102 (19.9%) infants acquired HIV perinat...

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Main Authors: Ayisi, John G., van Eijk, Anna M., Newman, Robert D., ter Kuile, Feiko O., Shi, Ya Ping, Yang, Chunfu, Kolczak, Margarette S., Otieno, Juliana A., Misore, Ambrose O., Kager, Piet A., Lal, Renu B., Steketee, Richard W., Nahlen, Bernard L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323077/

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