Retraction Note: effectiveness of option B highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in pregnant HIV women

This article [1] has been retracted by the editors of BMC Research Notes because, contrary to the statement in the manuscript, Moi University Institutional Research and Ethics Committee (IREC) has confirmed that ethics approval was not obtained to conduct this study. In addition, the authors did not have permission to use data from the DREAM program.

Affiliations

1. School of Science, Department of Biochemistry, University of Eldoret, P.O Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya

   • Erastus K Ngemu
   •  & Edward Anino

2. Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ITROMID), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya

   • Christopher Khayeka–Wandabwa

3. Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Division of Livestock and Human Diseases Vector Control, Mosquito Section, Ngaramtoni, Off Nairobi road, P.O. Box 3024, Arusha, Tanzania

   • Eliningaya J Kweka

4. School of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, P.O Box 2500–30100, Eldoret, Kenya

   • Joseph K Choge

5. School Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Karatina University, P.O. Box 1957–10101, Karatina, Kenya

   • Elijah Oyoo-Okoth

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Eliningaya J Kweka.

The online version of the original article can be found at 10.1186/1756-0500-7-52

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