Routine intrapartum HIV counseling and testing for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a rural Ugandan hospital

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Homsy, Jaco ^a,b   Kalamya, Julius N ^a   Obonyo, John ^c   Ojwang, Joseph ^c   Mugumya, Rosette ^a   Opio, Christine ^a   Mermin, Jonathan ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tororo District Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Couple counseling; HIV counseling and testing; HIV AIDS; Intrapartum; Mother to child ransmission

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEVIRAPINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 33745089201     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000225032.52766.c2     Document Type: Article

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