Prevalence of maternal HIV infection and knowledge on mother-to-child transmission of HIV and its prevention among antenatal care attendees in a rural area in northwest Cameroon.

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Published in PLoS One on February 15, 2017

Authors

Carlson-Babila Sama¹^,2, Vitalis F Feteh³^,4, Maxime Tindong⁵^,4^,6, John T Tanyi⁷, Nestor Mbinkar Bihle⁵^,8, Fru F Angwafo⁹

Author Affiliations

1: Islamic Medicalized Health Centre, Babessi, Cameroon.
2: Galactic Corps Research Group (GCRG), Buea, Cameroon.
3: Mboppi Baptist Hospital Douala, Douala, Cameroon.
4: Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Group, Douala, Cameroon.
5: Galactic Corps Research Group (GCRG), Buea, Southwest Region, Cameroon.
6: School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.
7: Konye Sub-Divisional Hospital, Konye, Southwest Region, Cameroon.
8: Babessi Sub-Divisional Hospital, Babessi, Northwest Region, Cameroon.
9: Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital, Yaoundé, and Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

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