An intervention to reduce the risk of mother-to-infant HIV transmission: results of a pilot toxicity study.

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Published in East Afr Med J on November 01, 1994

Authors

T E Taha1, A Justesen, K Paterson, L A Mtimavalye, P Munthali, J K Canner, R L Broadhead, J D Chiphangwi, P G Miotti, R J Biggar

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins University-Ministry of Health Research Project, Blantyre, Malawi.

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