Feasibility of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV among pregnant women presenting in labour in Pune, India

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 553-555

  Bharucha, K E ^a   Sastry, J ^b   Shrotri, A ^a   Sutar, S ^b   Joshi, A ^b   Bhore, A V ^a   Phadke, M A ^c   Bollinger, R C ^d   Shankar, Anita V ^e  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Government of Maharashtra ^*  (India)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV screening; Labour and delivery; Mother to infant transmission; Rapid HIV testing; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY ROOM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 23944463926     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462054679250     Document Type: Article

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