Is HIV screening in the labor and delivery unit feasible and acceptable in low-income settings?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 0693-0694

  Celentano, David D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; FEMALE; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SALIVA; SERODIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SALIVA;

EID: 44449156308     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050107     Document Type: Review

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