Parent to child transmission of HIV: Policy considerations in the Asia-Pacific region

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-324

  Holmes, Wendy ^a   Kwarteng, Tamara ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral prophylaxis; HIV AIDS; Mother to child transmission; MTCT; Orphans; Parent to child transmission; PTCT

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASIA; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ASIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNOWLEDGE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034857836     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(01)00204-9     Document Type: Article

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