The contribution of maternal HIV seroconversion during late pregnancy and breastfeeding to mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on April 01, 2012

Authors

Leigh F Johnson1, Kathryn Stinson, Marie-Louise Newell, Ruth M Bland, Harry Moultrie, Mary-Ann Davies, Thomas M Rehle, Rob E Dorrington, Gayle G Sherman

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. leigh.johnson@uct.ac.za

Associated clinical trials:

Healthy Beginning Initiative (HBI) | NCT01795261

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