Despite a positive trend of lowering the transmission rate of HIV to one's partner or baby due to ART, probably well known for a majority of the participating women, the fear of transmission was highly present in our study and showed a significant impact in their lives. 20–37 Our study shows that the fear of transmitting HIV to a partner was prominent. 21 , 23–27 , 29 , 32 , 33 , 35 Modern ART has effectively reduced the sexual transmission risk of HIV, 40–45 but even if the real risk of transmission was low for the majority of participating women, the fear of transmission probably still affected them.
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