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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 4/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | Poster presentation

Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – experience of two AIDS centers from Romania

Authors: Liana Precupescu, Corina Itu, Carmen Chiriac, Erzsébet Iringó Zaharia-Kézdi, Mihaela Lupşe

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 4/2014

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Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection decreased in the last years due to the implementation of: HIV testing, antiretroviral (ARV) medications, delivery by cesarean section and discouraging breastfeeding. In Romania, pregnant women could acquire HIV infection as adults or could have a long history of disease and ARV treatment (ART), belonging at the Romanian cohort. …
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Title
Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – experience of two AIDS centers from Romania
Authors
Liana Precupescu
Corina Itu
Carmen Chiriac
Erzsébet Iringó Zaharia-Kézdi
Mihaela Lupşe
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 4/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S4-P11

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