Is the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV higher among female compared with male infants? A case of Rakai, Uganda

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-279

  Brahmbhatt, Heena ^a   Kigozi, Godfrey ^b   Serwadda, David ^c   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson ^c   Wawer, Maria ^a   Gray, Ronald ^a  

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

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; MTCT; Perinatal transmission; Vertical transmission; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 68349133375     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2009-0168     Document Type: Article

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