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| Title |
Effectiveness of option B highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in pregnant HIV women
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-7-52 |
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| Authors |
Erastus K Ngemu, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa, Eliningaya J Kweka, Joseph K Choge, Edward Anino, Elijah Oyoo-Okoth |
| Abstract |
Ensuring that no baby is born with HIV is an essential step towards achieving an AIDS-free generation. To achieve this, strategies that decouple links between childbirth and HIV transmission are necessary. Traditional forms of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), has been recommended. Recognizing the importance and challenges of combination of methods to achieve rapid PMTCT, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended option B Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for all HIV-positive pregnant women. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the HAART in PMTCT. A cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women in Kenya were obtained from the DREAM Center, Nairobi. The study participants underwent adherence counselling and Option B of HAART [Nevirapine(NVP) + Lamivudine + Zidovudine] at the fourth week of gestation followed by an intravenous NVP administration intrapartum and postpartum NVP syrup to the respective infants for six weeks. Absolute pre-HAART and post-HAART CD4 counts and viral loads counts were determined. Comparison of the CD4 counts and viral loads before and after administration of HAART were done using Wilcoxon's Matched Pairs Signed-Ranks Test. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 209 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Sudan | 1 | <1% |
| Botswana | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 203 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 62 | 30% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 10% |
| Researcher | 18 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 8% |
| Other | 32 | 15% |
| Unknown | 38 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 77 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 24 | 11% |
| Unknown | 44 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2016.
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#2,932,888
of 22,769,322 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#405
of 4,262 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#36,526
of 305,684 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#13
of 120 outputs
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