Late-stage HIV/AIDS among children: The missing diagnosis of a preventable disease

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-42

  Gouveia, Josiana ^a   Souza, Edvaldo ^a,b   Falbo, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 64549122810     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080074     Document Type: Article

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