The challenges of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa;Les défis soulevés par la prévention de la transmission mère-enfant du VIH en Afrique

Presse Medicale

Volumn 36, Issue 12 III, 2007, Pages 1947-1957

  Becquet, Renaud ^a   Leroy, Valériane ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

AFRICA; BREAST FEEDING; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CARE; MONOTHERAPY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36248936042     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2007.02.031     Document Type: Short Survey

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