Mortality among HIV-positive postpartum women with high CD4 cell counts in Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hargrove, John W ^a   Humphrey, Jean H ^b,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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

^c ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antiretrovial therapy; CD4; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 75649114550     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328335749d     Document Type: Article

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