Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: past, present, and future.
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Marc Bulterys, Mary Glenn Fowler, Koen K. Van Rompay, and Athena P. Kourtis Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk
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Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of infectious diseases
دوره 189 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004