Effectiveness of multidrug antiretroviral regimens to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in routine public health services in cameroon

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Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Tchendjou, Patrice ^a   Same Ekobo, Chantal ^b   Nga, Annie ^b   Tejiokem, Mathurin ^a   Kfutwah, Anfumbom ^a   Nlend, Anne Njom ^b   Tsague, Landry ^c   Bissek, Anne Cécile ^c   Ekoa, Daniel ^c   Orne Gliemann, Joanna ^d   Rousset, Dominique ^a   Pouillot, Régis ^a   Dabis, François ^d  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Medical Imaging Department   (Cameroon)

^c Ministere de la Sante Publique   (Cameroon)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CAMEROON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CAMEROON; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956412030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010411     Document Type: Article

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