Antiretroviral Strategies to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Striking a Balance between Efficacy, Feasibility, and Resistance

Dara A. Lehman; Grace C. John-Stewart; Julie Overbaugh

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000169

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Antiretroviral Strategies to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Striking a Balance between Efficacy, Feasibility, and Resistance

Dara A. Lehman ,

* E-mail: dlehman@fhcrc.org

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Grace C. John-Stewart,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Julie Overbaugh

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Antiretroviral Strategies to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Striking a Balance between Efficacy, Feasibility, and Resistance

Dara A. Lehman,
Grace C. John-Stewart,
Julie Overbaugh

Published: October 27, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000169

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