Rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in a resource-limited breastfeeding population

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 70-73

  Gumbo, Felicity Zvanyadza ^a   Kurewa, Nyaradzai Edith ^a   Kandawasvika, Gwendoline Quintoline ^a   Duri, Kerina ^a   Mapingure, Munyaradzi Paul ^c   Munjoma, Marshal Wesley ^a   Pazvakavambwa, Isidore Evans ^a   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^b   Chirenje, Mike Zvavahera ^a   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^d  

^a Department of Paediatrics and Child Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Department of Physiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MILK, HUMAN; NEVIRAPINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77949843945     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090167     Document Type: Article

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