Incident HIV acquisition among pregnant women in Botswana: findings from the Tsepamo birth outcomes surveillance study.
Aamirah MussaGloria Katuta MayondiModiegi DisekoJudith MabutaMompati MmalaneJoseph MakhemaShahin LockmanChelsea MorroniRoger ShapiroRebecca ZashPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2023)
More than two-thirds of women had repeat HIV testing in pregnancy and HIV incidence was low. However, an estimated 21% of seroconversions in pregnancy were likely missed due to a lack of re-testing. To reach the goal of zero new paediatric HIV infections, Botswana will need to intensify repeat HIV testing in the third trimester of pregnancy.