Zidovudine and reduction of vertical transmission of HIV in Africa [2]

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 947-948

  Msellati, Philippe ^a   Meda, Nicolas ^b   Welffens Ekra, Christiane ^c   Leroy, Valériane ^d   Van De Perre, Philippe ^b   Mandelbrot, Laurent ^e   Dabis, François ^d  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE YOPOUGON   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

AFRICA; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH CONTROL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PATIENT COUNSELING; SANITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033051165     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.6.947     Document Type: Letter

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