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. 2017 Sep 7;2017(9):CD003648. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003648.pub4

3. Search strategy used in June 2010.

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#1 MeSH descriptor HIV Infections explode all trees Search HIV Infections[MeSH] OR HIV[MeSH] OR hiv[tw] OR hiv‐1*[tw] OR hiv‐2*[tw] OR hiv1[tw] OR hiv2[tw] OR hiv infect*[tw] OR human immunodeficiency virus[tw] OR human immunedeficiency virus[tw] OR human immuno‐deficiency virus[tw] OR human immune‐deficiency virus[tw] OR ((human immun*) AND (deficiency virus[tw])) OR acquired immunodeficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immunedeficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immuno‐deficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immune‐deficiency syndrome[tw] OR ((acquired immun*) AND (deficiency syndrome[tw])) OR "sexually transmitted diseases, viral"[MESH:NoExp] 'human immunodeficiency virus infection'/exp OR 'human immunodeficiency virus infection'/de OR 'human immunodeficiency virus infection' OR 'human immunodeficiency virus'/exp OR 'human immunodeficiency virus'/de OR 'human immunodeficiency virus'OR hiv:ti OR hiv:ab OR 'hiv‐1':ti OR 'hiv‐1':ab OR 'hiv‐2':ti OR 'hiv‐2':ab OR 'human immunodeficiency virus':ti OR 'human immunodeficiency virus':ab OR 'human immuno‐deficiency virus':ti OR 'human immuno‐deficiency virus':ab OR 'human immunedeficiency virus':ti OR 'human immunedeficiency virus':ab OR 'human immune‐deficiency virus':ti OR 'human immune‐deficiency virus':ab OR 'acquired immune‐deficiency syndrome':ti OR 'acquired immune‐deficiency syndrome':ab OR 'acquired immunedeficiency syndrome':ti OR 'acquired immunedeficiency syndrome':ab OR 'acquired immunodeficiency syndrome':ti OR 'acquired immunodeficiency syndrome':ab OR 'acquired immuno‐deficiency syndrome':ti OR 'acquired immuno‐deficiency syndrome':ab
#2 MeSH descriptor HIV explode all trees Search (randomised controlled trial [pt] OR controlled clinical trial [pt] OR randomised [tiab] OR placebo [tiab] OR drug therapy [sh] OR randomly [tiab] OR trial [tiab] OR groups [tiab]) NOT (animals [mh] NOT humans [mh]) random*:ti OR random*:ab OR factorial*:ti OR factorial*:ab OR cross?over*:ti OR cross?over*:ab OR crossover*:ti OR crossover*:ab OR placebo*:ti OR placebo*:ab OR (doubl*:ti AND blind*:ti) OR (doubl*:ab AND blind*:ab) OR (singl*:ti AND blind*:ti) OR (singl*:ab AND blind*:ab) OR assign*:ti OR assign*:ab OR allocat*:ti OR allocat*:ab OR volunteer*:ti OR volunteer*:ab OR 'crossover procedure'/exp OR 'crossover procedure'/de OR 'crossover procedure'OR 'double‐blind procedure'/exp OR 'double‐blind procedure'/de OR 'double‐blind procedure' OR 'single‐blind procedure'/exp OR 'single‐blind procedure'/de OR 'single‐blind procedure' OR 'randomised controlled trial'/exp OR 'randomised controlled trial'/de OR 'randomised controlled trial'
#3 hiv OR hiv‐1* OR hiv‐2* OR hiv1 OR hiv2 OR HIV INFECT* OR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HUMAN IMMUNEDEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HUMAN IMMUNE‐DEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HUMAN IMMUNO‐DEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HUMAN IMMUN* DEFICIENCY VIRUS OR ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME OR ACQUIRED IMMUNEDEFICIENCY SYNDROME OR ACQUIRED IMMUNO‐DEFICIENCY SYNDROME OR ACQUIRED IMMUNE‐DEFICIENCY SYNDROME OR ACQUIRED IMMUN* DEFICIENCY SYNDROME Search mother‐to‐child‐transmission OR MTCT OR infectious disease transmission, vertical 'mother‐to‐child transmission' OR 'mother to child transmission' OR mtct OR 'vertical transmission'/de OR 'vertical transmission'
#4 MeSH descriptor Lymphoma, AIDS‐Related, this term only Search caroten* OR retinoic OR retinol OR vitamin* OR vitamin A OR micronutrient* caroten* OR retinoicOR 'retinol'/de OR retinolOR vitamin*OR 'vitamin a'/de OR 'vitamin a'OR micronutrient*
#5 MeSH descriptor Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral, this term only Search #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4 Limits: Publication Date from 2007/01/01 to 2010/06/08 #1 AND #2AND #3AND #4
#6 (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5) #1 AND #2AND #3AND #4AND [humans]/lim AND [embase]/lim AND [1‐1‐2007]/sd NOT [8‐6‐2010]/sd
#7 mother‐to‐child‐transmission OR MTCT
#8 MeSH descriptor Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, this term only
#9 (#7 OR #8)
#10 caroten* OR retinoic OR vitamin* OR vitamin A OR micronutrient*
#11 (#6 AND #9 AND #10)
#12 (#6 AND #9 AND #10), from 2007 to 2010