Viral load testing among women on 'option B+' in Mazowe, Zimbabwe: How well are we doing?
Summary of "Viral load testing among women on 'option B+' in Mazowe, Zimbabwe: How well are we doing?"
Globally, ten percent of new HIV infections are among children and most of these children acquire infection through mother-to-child transmission. To prevent this, lifelong ART among pregnant and breast feeding (PBF) women living with HIV, irrespective of the WHO clinical stage, was adopted (option B+). There is limited cohort-wise assessment of VL testing among women on 'option B+'.
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Name: PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Pages: e0225476
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31794561
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225476
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