Use of neonatal post-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in the UK and Ireland, 2001-2008

HIV Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Haile Selassie, H T ^a   Townsend, C L ^a   Tookey, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti HIV agents; HIV infections; Infant; Newborn; Post exposure prophylaxis; Vertical infectious disease transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; IRELAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREGNANCY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 79959997627     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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