Combining PMTCT with active case finding for tuberculosis

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-381

  Kali, Paula B N ^a   Gray, Glenda E ^a   Violari, Avy ^a   Chaisson, Richard E ^b   McIntyre, James A ^a   Martinson, Neil A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Perinatal HIV Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Opportunistic infections; Pregnant; Tuberculosis; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33745911594     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000218434.20404.9c     Document Type: Article

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