Open AccessStrategies for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission in Western Countries
Author(s) -
Sara Sollai,
Antoni Noguera-Julián,
Luisa Galli,
Clàudia Fortuny,
Àngela Deyà,
Maurizio de Martino,
Elena Chiappini
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000000661
Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , cochrane library , medline , psychological intervention , developing country , family medicine , developed country , pediatrics , environmental health , alternative medicine , psychiatry , economic growth , pathology , population , political science , law , electrical engineering , economics , engineering
During the last decades remarkable scientific advances have been made toward the prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission, in particular in developed nations. The aim of this review was to analyze the latest findings and available international recommendations on the prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission in high-income countries.