Evaluating progress towards triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B in the Netherlands.
Maartje VisserCatharina P B van der PloegColette SmitChantal W P M HukkelhovenFrithjofna AbbinkBirgit H B van BenthemEline L M Op de CoulPublished in: BMC public health (2019)
In the Netherlands, prevalence of maternal HIV, syphilis and HBV is low and congenital infections are extremely rare. All minimum WHO criteria for validation of EMTCT are met for HIV and HBV, but for syphilis more data are needed to prove elimination.