HIV-infected adolescent mothers and their infants: low coverage of HIV services and high risk of HIV transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Autor:	Lyn Haskins, Nigel Rollins, Sifiso Phakathi, Lisa M. Butler, Christiane Horwood
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Male Pediatrics Cross-sectional study lcsh:Medicine HIV Infections Health Services Accessibility South Africa Pregnancy Preventive Health Services Medicine Pregnancy Complications Infectious Young adult Child lcsh:Science media_common education.field_of_study Multidisciplinary Transmission (medicine) virus diseases Prenatal Care Family planning Child Preschool Female Research Article Adult Postnatal Care medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anti-HIV Agents media_common.quotation_subject Maternal-Child Health Centers Population Mothers Fertility Prenatal care Young Adult Environmental health Humans education business.industry lcsh:R Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Cross-Sectional Studies HIV-1 lcsh:Q business Program Evaluation
Zdroj:	PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e74568 (2013) PLoS ONE
ISSN:	1932-6203
Popis:	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 MTCT rates. Methods We examined patterns of health service utilization during the antenatal and early postnatal period, HIV prevalence and MTCT amongst adolescent (
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