Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection and its associated factors in the district of Bilene, Gaza Province-Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection is a significant problem in Mozambique. This study aims to determine the risk factors associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Mozambique.

Methods

Retrospective case-control study in a rural area of Bilene District, on the coast of southern Mozambique, performed from January 2017 to June 2018. The analysis considered the clinical data of HIV exposed children with definitive HIV positive results and their respective infected mothers (cases), and the data of HIV exposed children with definitive HIV negative results and their respective infected mothers (controls) registered in At Risk Child Clinics from 1st January 2017 to 30th June 2018 at the Macia and Praia de Bilene health facilities in Bilene dis

SUBMITTER: Osorio D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8664209 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature