Adolescent access to care and risk of early mother-to-child HIV transmission

dc.contributor.authorRamraj, Trisha
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Debra
dc.contributor.authorDinh, Thu-Ha
dc.contributor.authorOlorunju, Steve
dc.contributor.authorLombard, Carl
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Gayle
dc.contributor.authorPuren, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorRamokolo, Vundli
dc.contributor.authorNoveve, Nobuntu
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Yages
dc.contributor.authorMagasana, Vuyolwethu
dc.contributor.authorBhardwaj, Sanjana
dc.contributor.authorCheyip, Mireille
dc.contributor.authorMogashoa, Mary
dc.contributor.authorPillay, Yogan
dc.contributor.authorGoga, Ameena Ebrahim
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-20T09:34:25Z
dc.date.available2019-05-20T09:34:25Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.descriptionThese data were presented as an oral presentation at the 7th South African AIDS Conference in Durban, 2015, and was accepted as a poster at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference in Vancouver in 2015.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE : Adolescent females aged 15–19 account for 62% of new HIV infections and give birth to 16 million infants annually. We quantify the risk of early mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV among adolescents enrolled in nationally representative MTCT surveillance studies in South Africa. METHODS : Data from 4,814 adolescent (≤19 years) and 25,453 adult (≥20 years) mothers and their infants aged 4–8 weeks were analyzed. These data were gathered during three nationally representative, cross-sectional, facility-based surveys, conducted in 2010, 2011–2012, and 2012– 2013. All infants were tested for HIV antibody (enzyme immunoassay), to determine HIV exposure. Enzyme immunoassay-positive infants or those born to self-reported HIV-positive mothers were tested for HIV infection (total nucleic acid polymerase chain reaction). Maternal HIV positivity was inferred from infant HIV antibody positivity. All analyses were weighted for sample realization and population live births.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPaediatrics and Child Healthen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-adolescent-healthen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRamraj, T., Jackson, D., Dinh, T.H. et al. 2018, 'Adolescent access to care and risk of early mother-to-child HIV transmission', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 434-443.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1054-139X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1879-1972 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.10.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/69170
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en_ZA
dc.subjectMother-to-child transmission (MTCT)en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectAdolescent femalesen_ZA
dc.titleAdolescent access to care and risk of early mother-to-child HIV transmissionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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