Adolescent and young pregnant women at increased risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and poorer maternal and infant health outcomes: A cohort study at public facilities in the nelson mandela bay metropolitan district, Eastern cape, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 874-880

  Fatti, G ^a   Shaikh, N ^a   Eley, B ^b   Jackson, D ^c,d   Grimwood, A ^a  

^a Kheth’Impilo ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; HIV; Infants; Mother to child transmission; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EMTRICITABINE; NEVIRAPINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DELIVERY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STILLBIRTH; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913582298     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8207     Document Type: Article

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