Addressing the paediatric HIV epidemic: A perspective from the Western Cape Region of South Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-23

  Eley, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ART; HAART; HIV; Mother to child transmission; Nevirapine; Prevention; South Africa; Zidovudine

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN INFECTION; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEVIRAPINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIDOVUDINE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 28244435945     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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