The Updated South African National Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections (2019)

Overview

Journal South Afr J HIV Med

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2020 Aug 25

PMID 32832113

Citations 36

Authors

Jeannette Wessels

Gayle Sherman

Lesley Bamford

Manala Makua

Mathilda Ntloana

James Nuttall

Yogan Pillay

Ameena Goga

Ute Feucht

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