Potential impact of new WHO criteria for antiretroviral treatment for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1374-1377

  Kuhn, Louise ^a   Aldrovandi, Grace M ^b   Sinkala, Moses ^c   Kankasa, Chipepo ^d   Mwiya, Mwiya ^d   Thea, Donald M ^e  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Catholic Medical Mission Board ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIRAL LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77952923689     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283394f5b     Document Type: Article

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