The impact of safer breastfeeding practices on postnatal HIV-1 transmission in Zimbabwe

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1249-1254

  Piwoz, Ellen G ^a,c   Humphrey, Jean H ^b,c   Tavengwa, Naume V ^b   Iliff, Peter J ^b   Marinda, Edmore T ^d   Zunguza, Clare D ^e   Nathoo, Kusum J ^f   Mutasa, Kuda ^b   Moulton, Lawrence H ^c   Ward, Brian J ^g  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Harare City Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^g MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ZIMBABWE; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COUNSELING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34547910509     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.085704     Document Type: Article

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