Cesarean deliveries and maternal-infant HIV transmission: Results from a prospective study in South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 478-483

  Kuhn, Louise ^a   Bobat, Raziya ^b   Coutsoudis, Anna ^b   Moodley, Daya ^b   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^b   Tsai, Wei Yann ^c   Stein, Zena A ^a,d  

^a and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Complications; HIV infection; Obstetric; Pediatric; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AMERICA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0029991147     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199604150-00008     Document Type: Article

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