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National Cancer Institute
1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
1-800-332-8615 TTY
www.cancer.gov/

National Library of Medicine
Medline plus
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
1-800-338-7657
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National AIDS Hotline
1-800-342-AIDS
1-800-243-7889 TTY
www.cdc.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Prevention Information Network
P.O. Box 6003
Rockville, MD 20849-6003
1-800-458-5231 or 301-562-1098
1-800-243-7012 or 301-588-1589 TTY
www.cdcnpin.org

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
1-888-499-HOPE (1-888-499-4673)
www.pedaids.org.

Selected Citations

• Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection, June 2003.
• Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States, June 2003.
• UNAIDS. AIDS Epidemic Update December 2002
• UNAIDS The Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic. Focus: AIDS and Orphans. July 2002. p. 133
• Stiehm, E., et al. 1999. Efficacy of zidovudine and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hyperimmune immunoglobulin for reducing perinatal HIV transmission from HIV-infected women with advanced disease: results of Pediatric ACTG protocol 185. J Infect Dis 179(3):567
• Connor, E., et al. 1994. Reduction of maternal-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 with zidovudine treatment. N Engl J Med 311:1173
• Marseille, E., et al. 1999. Cost effectiveness of single-dose nevirapine regimen for mothers and babies to decrease vertical HIV-1 transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet 654:803
• Riley, L.E. and Green, M.F. 1999. Elective caesarean delivery to reduce the transmission of HIV. N Engl J Med 340:13, 1032

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