Risk factors of HIV vertical transmission in a cohort of women under a PMTCT program at three peri-urban clinics in a resource-poor setting

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 717-723

  Gumbo, F Z ^a   Duri, K ^a   Kandawasvika, G Q ^a   Kurewa, N E ^a   Mapingure, M P ^a   Munjoma, M W ^a   Rusakaniko, S ^a   Chirenje, M Z ^a   Stray Pedersen, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

HIV vertical transmission; mastitis; risk ratio; vaginal infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL PRURITUS; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTITIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONAS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASTITIS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; VAGINITIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 78049389922     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.31     Document Type: Article

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