Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: The Georgian experience

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 128-133

  Tsertsvadze, Tengiz ^a,b,d   Kakabadze, Tea ^a   Shermadini, Ketevan ^a   Abutidze, Akaki ^a   Karchava, Marika ^a   Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz ^a   Badridze, Nino ^a   Bokhua, Zaza ^c   Asatiani, Tengiz ^c  

^a AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c Georgian Obstetrics and Gynecologists Association   (Georgia)

^d Infectious Diseases AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral drugs; Georgia; HIV; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749100007     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3484     Document Type: Review

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