Pilot programme for the rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 986-992

  Myer, Landon ^a   Zulliger, Rose ^b   Black, Samantha ^a   Pienaar, David ^c   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; HIV AIDS; pregnancy; prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT); South Africa; treatment initiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863651696     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.668173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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