The impact of expected HIV transmission rates on the effectiveness and cost of ruling out HIV infection in infants

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Mrus, Joseph M ^a   Yi, Michael S ^a   Eckman, Mark H ^a   Tsevat, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Infants; Testing; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036739975     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/027298902237710     Document Type: Article

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