Efficacy of WHO recommendation for continued breastfeeding and maternal cART for prevention of perinatal and postnatal HIV transmission in Zambia

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ngoma, Mary S ^a   Misir, Amita ^b   Mutale, Wilbroad ^a   Rampakakis, Emmanuoil ^c,d   Sampalis, John S ^c,d   Elong, Angela ^e   Chisele, Sam ^a   Mwale, Abel ^a   Mwansa, Jonathan K ^f   Mumba, Scholastica ^g   Chandwe, Mula ^a   Pilon, Richard ^h   Sandstrom, Paul ^h   Wu, Samantha ⁱ   Yee, Kristen ^j   Silverman, Michael S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JSS Medical Research   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Department of Paediatric Surgery   (Zambia)

^g Department of Nursing Chelstone Clinic   (Zambia)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j Grand Challenges   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Breastfeeding transmission of HIV; Efficacy of WHO guidelines; Infant survival; Option B+; Perinatal transmission of HIV; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84936806485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.18.1.19352     Document Type: Article

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