Factors responsible for mother-to-child HIV transmission in Ontario, Canada, 1996-2008

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Dayu ^a   Liu, Juan ^a   Samson, Lindy ^b   Bitnun, Ari ^c   Seigel, Sandra ^d   Brophy, Jason ^b   Leonard, Lynne ^e   Remis, Robert S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral prophylaxis (ARP); Canada; Hiv; Late diagnosis; Mother to child transmission; Ontario

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898430496     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4092     Document Type: Article

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