Declining HIV infection rates among recently married primigravid women in Pune, India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 570-573

  Gupte, Nikhil ^a   Sastry, Jayagowri ^a   Brookmeyer, Ronald ^b   Phadke, Mrudula A ^c   Bhosale, Ramesh A ^d   Bollinger, Robert C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MGV's Pharmacy College   (India)

^d BJMC   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antenatal; HIV; India; Mother to child transmission; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MONOGAMY; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 34548096377     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181161c8b     Document Type: Article

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