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Table 3 Overall MTCT rates by Province and age of infant/immunization type

From: Feasibility of using infant testing during immunization to estimate HIV mother-to-child-transmission rates in Zambia

 

Immunization type

Penta 1

Penta 2

Penta 3

Measles

Total

Infant age

6 Weeks

10 Weeks

14 Weeks

9 months

 

Province

Copperbelt Province

2.6

2.9

2.6

6.7

3.9

 

Southern Province

4.1

4.4

2.4

2.9

3.4

 

Lusaka Province

6.9

1.1

1.1

6.6

4.2

 

All

4.7

2.8

2.1

5.0

3.8

  1. Overall MTCT rates calculated as the proportion of PCR positive infants from the number of HIV exposed infants
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