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ArticlePLoS medicine2017

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis (EMTCT): Process, progress, and program integration.

Melanie Taylor, Lori Newman, Naoko Ishikawa, Maura Laverty, Chika Hayashi, Massimo Ghidinelli, Razia Pendse, Lali Khotenashvili, Shaffiq Essajee

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Article in PLoS medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Elimination of congenital syphilis: a nationwide register-based study, Denmark, 2010 to 2024.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Melanie TaylorDepartment of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lori NewmanUnited States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Naoko IshikawaDivision of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-6892
Maura LavertyDepartment of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Chika HayashiHIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Massimo GhidinelliDepartment of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, United States.
Razia PendseRegional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization, Delhi, India.
Lali KhotenashviliEuropean Regional Office, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Shaffiq EssajeeDepartment of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanie Taylor and colleagues discuss progress towards eliminating vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Indexed as

Disease EradicationFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMothersSyphilis

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PMID28654643
PMCPMC5486952

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