Coverage of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission program in the Western Cape, South Africa using cord blood surveillance

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-204

  Stinson, Kathryn ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a   Smith, Peter J ^a   Stringer, Elizabeth M ^b,c   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^b,c   Coetzee, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord blood surveillance; Coverage; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORD BLOOD SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863396223     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31824d985e     Document Type: Article

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