Outcomes from the first assisted reproduction program for HIV serodiscordant couples in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 599-601

  Giles, Michelle L ^a,b   Barak, Shlomi ^a,c   Baker, Gordon ^a,d   Tabrizi, Sepehr ^a   Greengrass, Vicki ^a,e   Bourne, Harold ^a,c   Clarke, Gary N ^a   Peak, Suellen A ^c   Hoy, Jennifer F ^b,f   Foster, Penelope ^a,c   Knight, Rachael L ^a,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE IVF   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856074959     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10156     Document Type: Article

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