An assessment of mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention in 16 pilot antenatal clinics in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 293-296

  Harvey, K M ^a   Figueroa, J P ^a   Tomlinson, J ^a   Gebre, Y ^a   Forbes, S ^a   Toyloy, T ^a   Thompson, T ^a   Thompson, K ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; PERINATAL CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 10644221150     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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