Population-level effectiveness of PMTCT Option A on early mother-to-child (MTCT) transmission of HIV in South Africa: Implications for eliminating MTCT

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Goga, Ameena E ^a,b   Dinh, Thu Ha ^c   Jackson, Debra J ^d,e   Lombard, Carl J ^a,f   Puren, Adrian ^g,h   Sherman, Gayle ^g,i   Ramokolo, Vundli ^a   Woldesenbet, Selamawit ^a   Doherty, Tanya ^a,d,e   Noveve, Nobuntu ^a   Magasana, Vuyolwethu ^a   Singh, Yagespari ^a   Ramraj, Trisha ^a   Bhardwaj, Sanjana ^j   Pillay, Yogan ^j  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e UNICEF   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^j NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUERPERIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85010282349     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.020405     Document Type: Article

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