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Epidemiology of Perinatal HIV Transmission
200 According to UNAIDS, a joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS, there are approximately 19.2 million women living with HIV or AIDS, accounting for nearly half of all infections worldwide. Similarly, an estimated 3.2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV or AIDS, the overwhelming majority of whom acquired HIV through perinatal transmission and live in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.60.1.86-c