Risk of HIV transmission during paediatric health care in sub-Saharan Africa.
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342 David Gisselquist, John Potterat and Stuart Brody, writing recently in the SAMJ, suggest that the high prevalence of HIV among infants and children in sub-Saharan Africa is a result of iatrogenic transmission of HIV, rather than mother-to-child transmission (MCTC). Earlier, the same group have suggested that unsafe injections are a major, if not the main, mode of transmission of HIV-1 in sub-Saharan Africa.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
دوره 94 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004