Cohort profile: Mamanengane or the Africa centre vertical transmission study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Bland, R M ^a,b   Coovadia, H M ^a   Coutsoudis, A ^a   Rollins, N C ^a   Newell, M L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA;

EID: 77952722365     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp165     Document Type: Article

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