The cost-effectiveness of different feeding patterns combined with prompt treatments for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa: Estimates from simulation modeling

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Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Wenhua ^a   Li, Changping ^a   Fu, Xiaomeng ^a   Cui, Zhuang ^a   Liu, Xiaoqian ^a   Fan, Linlin ^a   Zhang, Guan ^a   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; EFAVIRENZ PLUS EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; EMTRICITABINE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84904616182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102872     Document Type: Article

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