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Addition of 7 days of zidovudine plus lamivudine to peripartum single-dose nevirapine effectively reduces nevirapine resistance postpartum in HIV-infected mothers in Malawi.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Aug 2010
Farr Sherry L, Nelson Julie A E, Ng'ombe Thokozani J, Kourtis Athena P, Chasela Charles, Johnson Jeffrey A, Kashuba Angela D M, Tegha Gerald L, Wiener Jeffrey, Eron Joseph J, Banda Harriet N, Mpaso Mwanangwa, Lipscomb Jonathan, Matiki Chrissie, Fiscus Susan A, Jamieson Denise J, van der Horst Charles
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BACKGROUND: We assessed whether 7 days of zidovudine + lamivudine postpartum with single-dose nevirapine at labor decreases nevirapine resistance in HIV-infected women in Malawi. METHODS: HIV-infected pregnant women receiving intrapartum single-dose nevirapine and 7 days of zidovudine + lamivudine (n = 132) and women receiving intrapartum single-dose nevirapine alone (n = 66) were followed from an antenatal visit...
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