Factors influencing utilization of postpartum CD4 count testing by HIV-positive women not yet eligible for antiretroviral treatment.

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Published in AIDS Care on March 01, 2011

Authors

Kate P Gilles1, Chifundo Zimba, Innocent Mofolo, Emily Bobrow, Gloria Hamela, Francis Martinson, Irving Hoffman, Mina Hosseinipour

Author Affiliations

1: Family Health International, Science Facilitation, USA. kate.gilles@gmail.com

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