HIV prevalence in pregnant women in an ethnically diverse population in the UK: 1998-2002

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 535-540

  Cortina Borja, Mario ^a   Cliffe, Susan ^a,b   Tookey, Pat ^a   Williams, David ^a   Cubitt, W David ^c   Peckham, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Gt Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Neonatal seroprevalence; Record linkage; Unlinked anonymous surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1642407588     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200402200-00021     Document Type: Article

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