Open AccessEffects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Duration and Regimen on Risk for Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa
Author(s) -
Risa M. Hoffman,
Vivian Black,
Karl-Günter Technau,
Karin Joan van der Merwe,
Judith S. Currier,
Ashraf Coovadia,
Matthew Chersich
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181cf9979
Subject(s) - medicine , regimen , pregnancy , odds ratio , confidence interval , viral load , transmission (telecommunications) , antiretroviral therapy , logistic regression , obstetrics , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , genetics , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
Limited information exists about effects of different highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens and duration of regimens on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV among women in Africa who start treatment for advanced immunosuppression.