HIV-Infected Adolescent Mothers and Their Infants: Low Coverage of HIV Services and High Risk of HIV Transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Horwood, Christiane ^a   Butler, Lisa M ^b   Haskins, Lyn ^a   Phakathi, Sifiso ^a   Rollins, Nigel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTHERS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884478609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074568     Document Type: Article

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