Mortality in the first 2 years among infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in Harare, Zimbabwe

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-113

  Zijenah, Lynn ^c   Mbizvo, Michael T ^b   Kasule, Jonathan ^c   Nathoo, Kusum ^c   Munjoma, Marshall ^c   Mahomed, Kassarn ^c   Maldonado, Yvonne ^c   Madzime, Simon ^c   Katzenstein, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Spec Prog Res Devmt Res THR

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031869401     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515604     Document Type: Article

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