Reports on nevirapine threaten public health

Nature Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-

  Lane, H Clifford ^a   Folkers, Gregory K ^a   Fauci, Anthony S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEVIRAPINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20144389049     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0305-245     Document Type: Letter

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