Correlates of knowledge of antenatal patients about HIV transmission in Ibadan, Nigeria.

The HIV pandemic started in about 1981 and in recent times no single disease has attracted as much attention in the international community as this. Several studies have addressed the use of antiviral drugs and other strategies for preventing or at least reducing perinatal transmission. It is also essential to assess the level of knowledge of transmission and the determinants of this level among antenatal patients. There have been a few reports about determinants of knowledge of transmission among antenatal patients. This study aims to evaluate the determinants of knowledge of transmission of HIV among an African population of antenatal patients. (authors)