Initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 825-832

  Stinson, Kathryn ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a   Coetzee, David ^a   Abrams, Elaine J ^b   Myer, Landon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage; Highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Mother to child transmission; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77953178206     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02538.x     Document Type: Article

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