Male antenatal attendance and HIV testing are associated with decreased infant HIV infection and increased HIV-free survival

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-82

  Aluisio, Adam ^a   Richardson, Barbra A ^b,c   Bosire, Rose ^d   John Stewart, Grace ^b   Mbori Ngacha, Dorothy ^e   Farquhar, Carey ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; FATHERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650716498     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181fdb4c4     Document Type: Article

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