Intrauterine infection after delivery: A marker of HIV-1 seropositivity among puerperal women in Uganda?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 669-672

  Okong, P ^a,c   Biryahwaho, B ^b   Bergstrom, Staffan ^c  

^a Nsambya Hospital   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HIV 1 seroprevalence; Puerperal sepsis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDOMYOMETRITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; UGANDA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; UGANDA;

EID: 4944239965     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041944394     Document Type: Article

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