Decreasing HIV transmission through breastfeeding: Moving from evidence to practice

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-260

  Guay, Laura ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 79959932584     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31822204e4     Document Type: Editorial

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