DIDANOSINE;
ENFUVIRTIDE;
LAMIVUDINE;
LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE;
LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE;
LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR;
NELFINAVIR;
NEVIRAPINE;
PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;
STAVUDINE;
TENOFOVIR;
ZIDOVUDINE;
ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY;
ARTICLE;
CESAREAN SECTION;
COHORT ANALYSIS;
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;
FEMALE;
FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;
HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY;
HUMAN;
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION;
INFANT;
INFECTION RISK;
MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;
MALE;
MONOTHERAPY;
NEWBORN;
OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;
PREGNANCY;
PREGNANT WOMAN;
PRIORITY JOURNAL;
PROSPECTIVE STUDY;
THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;
VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;
VIRUS LOAD;
VIRUS TRANSMISSION;
DELIVERY;
DISEASE TRANSMISSION;
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;
ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;
PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;
RISK FACTOR;
TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;
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