PMID- 35131814 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220322 LR - 20220531 IS - 2044-6055 (Electronic) IS - 2044-6055 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Feb 7 TI - Determinants of HIV infection among children born from mothers on prevention of mother to child transmission programme of HIV in southern Ethiopia: a case-control study. PG - e048491 LID - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048491 [doi] LID - e048491 AB - OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to identify determinants of HIV infection among children born from mothers on the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programme in Southern Ethiopia. It was designed to explore the main contributors to the considerable transmission rate of HIV from mother to child. SETTING AND DESIGN: A multicentre facility-based unmatched case-control study was conducted using 27 health facilities providing PMTCT service in Southern Ethiopia. PARTICIPANTS: Out of 307 (62 cases and 245 controls) expected to participate in this study, a total of 290 mother-child pairs of 58 cases and 232 controls have completed the interview. Cases were children born to mothers on PMTCT programme and with DNA PCR or antibody HIV positive test result at