Short communication: CD4 counts of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infected children - Implications for PMTCT and treatment programmes

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1472-1474

  Lebon, Ankie ^a   Bland, Ruth M ^a   Rollins, Nigel C ^a   Coutsoudis, Anna ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen ^a   Newell, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti retroviral therapy; Delivery of care; HIV infected infants; Pregnant women; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 36749075660     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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