Can clinical algorithms deliver an accurate diagnosis of HIV infection in infancy? [4]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 559-560

  Jones, Stephanie A ^a   Sherman, Gayle G ^a   Coovadia, Ashraf H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT DISEASE; LETTER; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 22344439509     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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