Mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the Southern Region of Santa Catarina, from 2005 to 2015: analysis of risk factors to seroconversion in newborns

Abstract Objectives: to analyze both frequency and risk factors for seroconversion among newborns of HIV-positive mothers to HIV. Methods: a cohort study was conducted with children residing in Southern Region of Santa Catarina. Secondary data from the notification files and medical records of new...

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Main Authors: Karen Waleska Kniphoff de Oliveira, Suzana Kniphoff de Oliveira, Ana Beatriz Sanches Barranco, Tamara Hoffmann, Camila Soares Duarte, Rayane Felippe Nazário, Chaiana Esmeraldino Mendes Marcon, Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292018000300461&lng=en&tlng=en