Mother-to-child transmission of GB virus C in a cohort of women coinfected with GB virus C and HIV in Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-235

  Bhanich Supapol, W ^a   Remis, R S ^a   Raboud, J ^a,c   Millson, M ^a   Tappero, J ^d   Kaul, R ^b,c   Kulkami, P ^h   McConnell, M S ^d   Mock, P A ^e   McNicholl, J M ^h   Vanprapar, N ^f   Asavapiriyanont, S ^g   Shaffer, N ^d,i   Butera, S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Global AIDS Program   (Thailand)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^h Division of HIV AIDS Prevention

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67650685309     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599793     Document Type: Article

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