HIV transmission from mother to child - HAART compared with dual therapy

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 717-720

  Theron, Gerhard ^a   Nellensteijn, Myrthe ^b   Theron, Anneke ^a   Louw, Jeanne ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70450192183     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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