Abstract In South Africa young women bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infection
however, risk factors for HIV acquisition are not fully understood in this setting. In a cohort of …

Background: Despite substantial progress in the delivery of HIV prevention programs, some
communities continue to experience high rates of HIV infection. We report on temporal …

Background In mature generalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics, as
survival from accessing antiretroviral treatment (ART) increases, HIV prevalence data may …

Introduction New HIV infection during pre-conception and pregnancy is a significant
contributor of mother–to–child transmission of HIV in South Africa. This study estimated HIV …

Young women in South Africa are at great risk of being infected with HIV. In 2005, HIV
infection prevalence in the age group 15-24 years was 16.9% in women and 4.4% in men …

Despite concerted prevention efforts, young South African women remain at the epicenter of
the HIV epidemic. Although these women have grown up in a community powerfully affected …

Summary Background The number of South African adolescents receiving HIV care and
treatment in South Africa is growing. By use of routinely collected laboratory data from South …

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the HIV‐1 RNA pooled nucleic acid
amplification testing (NAAT) strategy to screen pregnant women in the 'window period'of …

Young women in southern Africa experience some of the highest incidence rates of HIV
infection in the world. Across southern Africa, HIV prevalence among women increases …

Background Universal antiretroviral therapy (ART), as per the 2015 WHO recommendations,
might reduce population HIV incidence. We investigated the effect of universal test and treat …