The role of vertical transmission and health care-related factors in HIV infection of children: A community study in rural Uganda

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Biraro, Samuel ^a   Morison, Linda A ^b   Nakiyingi Miiro, Jessica ^a   Whitworth, James A G ^a,b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a  

^a Medical Research Council Unit on AIDS   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Children; HIV; Injections; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; UGANDA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INJECTIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

EID: 33847109414     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31802e2954     Document Type: Article

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