Mortality and Health Outcomes in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Mothers at 18-20 Months Postpartum in Zomba District, Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Landes, Megan ^a,b   van Lettow, Monique ^a,c   Bedell, Richard ^a   Mayuni, Isabell ^a   Chan, Adrienne K ^a,c,d   Tenthani, Lyson ^e   Schouten, Erik ^f  

^a DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f NONE   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866040220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044396     Document Type: Article

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