Effects of infant sex on mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 according to timing of infection in Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1981-1984

  Piwoz, Ellen G ^a   Humphrey, Jean H ^b   Marinda, Edmore T ^c,d   Mutasa, Kuda ^c   Moulton, Lawrence H ^b   Iliff, Peter J ^c  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

^c ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33748910043     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000247123.04703.6e     Document Type: Article

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