Impact of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis on the health of breast-fed, HIV-exposed, HIV-negative infants in a resource-limited setting

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1797-1799

  Coutsoudis, Anna ^a   Kindra, Gurpreet ^a   Esterhuizen, Tonya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 80052397989     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834ad699     Document Type: Article

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