Vitamin D deficiency is common among HIV-infected breastfeeding mothers in Pune, India, but is not associated with mother-to-child HIV transmission

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 278-283

  Mave, Vidya ^a,b   Shere, Dhananjay ^a   Gupte, Nikhil ^a,b   Suryavanshi, Nishi ^a   Kulkarni, Vandana ^a   Patil, Sandesh ^a   Khandekar, Medha ^a   Kinikar, Aarti ^a   Bharadwaj, Renu ^a   Bhosale, Ramesh ^a   Sambarey, Pradeep ^a   Chandanwale, Ajay ^a   Bollinger, Robert ^b,c   Gupta, Amita ^b,c  

^a Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; infant mortality; insufficiency; maternal child health; perinatal infection; pregnancy; transmission; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE; VITAMIN D; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868703672     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: 19455771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hct1305-278     Document Type: Article

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