Open AccessMaternal immune responses and risk of infant infection with HIV-1 after a short course zidovudine in a cohort of HIV-1 infected pregnant women in rural Kenya
Author(s) -
Ernest P. Makokha,
Elijah Songok,
Alloys Orago,
Davy K. Koech,
A. K. Chemtai,
Naoto Kobayashi,
Solomon Mpoke,
P. M. Tukei,
F Andayi,
Raphael Lihana,
N. I. Adungo,
J. M. Vulule
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v79i11.8800
Subject(s) - zidovudine , medicine , gestation , asymptomatic , obstetrics , pregnancy , cohort , cohort study , prospective cohort study , breastfeeding , pediatrics , immunology , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , genetics
To investigate the effects of short-course nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (Zidovudine, ZDW/AZT) on maternal immune responses and risk of infant infection with HIV-1 among rural-based mothers in western Kenya.