Revised guidelines for diagnosis of perinatal HIV-1 infection in South Africa

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

Volumn , Issue 22, 2006, Pages 24-28

  Stevens, W ^a   Sherman, G ^a   Cotton, M ^b   Gerntholtz, I ^a   Webber, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORPHANAGE; PERINATAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646205861     PISSN: 16089693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v7i1.611     Document Type: Article

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