Maternal HIV infection and infant feeding: Support is the key

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2391-2392

  Msellati, Philippe ^a   Van De Perre, Philippe ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Counselling; HIV; Infant feeding options; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

BREAST FEEDING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 56549086724     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328312c77e     Document Type: Editorial

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