HIV-free survival and morbidity among formula-fed infants in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV program in rural Haiti

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,b,c   Appleton, Sasha C ^b   Wang, Bingxia ^d   Jerome, J Gregory ^e   Cullen, Kimberly A ^b   Smith Fawzi, Mary C ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Zanmi Lasante ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Formula; Haiti; HIV; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Resource poor setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HAITI; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80053919887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-8-37     Document Type: Article

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