Safety, feasibility and efficacy of a rapid ART initiation in pregnancy pilot programme in Cape Town, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 557-562

  Black, S ^a   Zulliger, R ^b   Myer, L ^a   Marcus, R ^a   Jeneker, S ^a   Taliep, R ^c   Pienaar, D ^d   Wood, R ^a   Bekker, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^c Provincial Government of Western Cape   (South Africa)

^d WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS STAVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; TENOFOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880838595     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6565     Document Type: Article

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