The Retrospective Implementation of Standardized In Utero HIV Exposure Definitions Using Routinely Collected Public Sector Data Across the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Using the Data Evaluation and Preparation for HIV-Exposed Uninfected Child Cohorts project's standardized child HIV exposure definitions, 64%, 64% and 90% of children exposed to HIV in utero could be classified as HIV-uninfected with moderate or high certainty at the ages of 1 and 3 years and at the time of first infectious disease hospitalization, respectively. These definitions can be applied retrospectively to routine datasets with linked mother-child data.

SUBMITTER: de Beer ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11711009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature