Prevention of perinatal HIV transmission: A review of novel strategies

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1535-1544

  Kourtis, Athena ^a,b   Duerr, Ann ^c  

^a Eastern Virginia Medical School ^*  (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral; HIV; Immunisation; Infant; Mother; Prevention; Review

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPRENAVIR; AMPRENAVIR PHOSPHATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DAPSONE; DELAVIRDINE; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; TIPRANAVIR; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANASARCA; ANEMIA; BREAST FEEDING; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIVER DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SKELETON MALFORMATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS VACCINES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0141678183     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.12.9.1535     Document Type: Review

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