Vertical transmission of HIV-1 infection
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Marie-Louise Newell
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Vertical transmission is the dominant mode of acquisition of infection for HIV infection in children, and about 1600 infants are newly infected each day worldwide. Without interventions the risk of transmission is between 15% and 35%, and associated with maternal disease progression, prematurity, du