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Using HIV/AIDS surveillance to monitor public health efforts to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV [letter]

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1996 Feb 1;11(2):205-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96147325
Wortley PM; Fleming PL; Lindegren ML; Sweeney PA; Davis S

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DRUG THERAPY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION Adult Antiviral Agents/THERAPEUTIC USE Disease Transmission, Vertical/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Environmental Monitoring Female Human HIV Infections/DRUG THERAPY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION Infant, Newborn Population Surveillance Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/DRUG THERAPY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ *PREVENTION & CONTROL Public Health United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY Zidovudine/THERAPEUTIC USE LETTER JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/drugtherapy/prevention&control/KWDtransmissionadultantiviralagents/therapeuticusediseasetransmission,vertical/KWDprevention&controlenvironmentalmonitoringfemalehumanhivinfections/drugtherapy/prevention&control/KWDtransmissioninfant,newbornpopulationsurveillancepregnancypregnancycomplications,infectious/drugtherapy/epidemiology/KWDprevention&controlpublichealthunitedstates/epidemiologyzidovudine/therapeuticuseletterjournalarticle
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