Integration of Antiretroviral Therapy Services into Antenatal Care Increases Treatment Initiation during Pregnancy: A Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Stinson, Kathryn ^a   Jennings, Karen ^b   Myer, Landon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Specialised Health City Health Directorate   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877839582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063328     Document Type: Article

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