Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Othniel Joseph Dabit

Publications

• Research Article
  The Prevalence and Predictors of HIV Infection among Children of Mothers who Missed Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Interventions in Makurdi, Nigeria
  Author(s): Emmanuel Adémólá Anígilájé, Othniel Joseph Dabit, Bem Ageda, Stephen Hwande and Terkaa Terrumun BittoEmmanuel Adémólá Anígilájé, Othniel Joseph Dabit, Bem Ageda, Stephen Hwande and Terkaa Terrumun Bitto
  
  Introduction: In Nigeria, gaps between uptakes of Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) interventions by HIV-infected women continue to exist with its consequent increase in perinatal HIV epidemic. This study aims to determine the predictors and HIV infection rates among infants and children of mothers of PMTCT Gaps in a major Nigerian city. Methods: It is a retrospective study that involved infants and children seen at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, between June 2009 and June 2011. The bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify risk factors that may predict MTCT of HIV. Results; A total of 224 subjects comprising 121 males (M) and 103 females (F) with a M: F ratio of 1:0.9 was seen. The median age was 150 days with a range from 4 days to 690 days. MTCT of HIV was 34.4% (77/224). In multivariate analyses and a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000249

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