Survival of infants born to HIV-positive mothers, by feeding modality, in Rakai, Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Kagaayi, Joseph ^a   Gray, Ronald H ^b   Brahmbhatt, Heena ^b   Kigozi, Godfrey ^a   Nalugoda, Fred ^a   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^c   Serwadda, David ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson ^d   Ddungu, Veronica ^a   Ssebagala, Darix ^a   Sekasanvu, Joseph ^a   Kigozi, Grace ^a   Makumbi, Fredrick ^c   Kiwanuka, Noah ^c   Lutalo, Tom ^a   Reynolds, Steven J ^e,f   Wawer, Maria J ^b  

^a RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERPERIUM; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; UGANDA;

EID: 57549104126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003877     Document Type: Article

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