Impact of incomplete coverage of neonatal dried blood spot screening on estimating HIV-1 seroprevalence

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-177

  Hutchinson, E J ^a   Streetly, A ^b   Grant, C ^b   Pollitt, R ^c   Eldridge, P ^d   Nicoll, A ^a  

^a Serv Communic Dis Survlnc Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTHER; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029740904     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880000128X     Document Type: Article

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