Outcomes of prevention of mother to child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in rural Kenya - A cohort study Infectious Disease epidemiology

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nduati, Eunice Wambui ^a   Hassan, Amin Shaban ^a   Knight, Miguel Garcia ^b   Muema, Daniel Muli ^a   Jahangir, Margaret Nassim ^c   Mwaringa, Shalton Lwambi ^a   Etyang, Timothy Juma ^a   Rowland Jones, Sarah ^b   Urban, Britta Christina ^a,d   Berkley, James Alexander ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Kilifi District Hospital   (Kenya)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Retention; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943452222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2355-4     Document Type: Article

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