Seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis among pregnant women at the general hospital, Guatemala City, 2005-2009

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Samayoa, Blanca ^a,b   Anderson, Matthew Robert ^c   Alonso Pacheco, Karla Patricia ^a,b   Lee, Carol ^c   Pittard, Alicia ^c   Soltren, Alex ^c   Barrios Matos, Ingrid ^a,b   Arathoon, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b Unidad de Biologia Molecular   (Guatemala)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis B; HIV; maternal to child transmission; pregnant women; syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GUATEMALA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 78650807168     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109710376669     Document Type: Article

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