Open AccessCotransmission of Malaria and HIV to Infants of Mothers Coinfected With Malaria and HIV in the HAART Era in Benin City, Nigeria
Author(s) -
AE Sadoh,
Fidelis E Eki-Udoko
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001786
Subject(s) - malaria , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , virology , immunology
Malaria and HIV are vertically transmitted to infants. In an era where specific interventions are available to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy and vertical transmission of HIV, we examined the transmission and cotransmission of HIV and malaria to infants of mothers coinfected with malaria and HIV.