Antiretroviral therapy is associated with increased fertility desire, but not pregnancy or live birth, among HIV+ women in an early HIV treatment program in rural Uganda

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Maier, Marissa ^a   Andia, Irene ^c   Emenyonu, Nneka ^b   Guzman, David ^b   Kaida, Angela ^d,e   Pepper, Larry ^c   Hogg, Robert ^e,f   Bangsberg, David R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Fertility; Fertility desires; HIV AIDS; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 67349150707     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9371-7     Document Type: Article

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