Predictors of mortality in HIV-1 exposed uninfected post-neonatal infants at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 447-451

  Gichuhi, C ^a   Obimbo, E ^a   Mbori Ngacha, D ^a   Mwatha, A ^b   Otieno, P ^c   Farquhar, C ^d   Wariua, G ^a   Wamalwa, D ^a   Bosire, R ^a   John Stewart, G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; KENYA; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744498405     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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