Preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child - Is South Africa willing?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1304-1306

  Wilkinson, David ^a   McIntyre, James ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0031784735     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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