Dried blood spots improve access to HIV diagnosis and care for infants in low-resource settings

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 615-617

  Sherman, Gayle G ^a,b   Stevens, Gwynneth ^a   Jones, Stephanie A ^a   Horsfield, Pamela ^a   Stevens, Wendy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; HIV; Infant diagnosis; Low resource setting; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT SAMPLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERINATAL CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MOTHERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 17144428143     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000143604.71857.5d     Document Type: Article

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