Making a working clinical diagnosis of HIV infection in infants in Zimbabwe

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1459-1469

  Iliff, Peter ^a   Ntozini, Robert ^a   Nathoo, Kusum ^b   Piwoz, Ellen ^c   Moulton, Lawrence ^d   Humphrey, Jean ^a,d   Chidawanyika, Henry ^e   Hargrove, John ^e   Majo, Florence ^e   Marinda, Edmore ^e   Mutasa, Kuda ^e   Ndhlovu, Mary ^e   Rambanepasi, Phillipa ^e   Tavengwa, Naume ^e   Mahomva, Agnes ^f   Malaba, Lucie ^b   Mbizvo, Michael ^b   Zvandasara, Partson ^b   Zijenah, Lynn ^b   Zunguza, Clare ^g   Propper, Lydia ^d   Ruff, Andrea ^d   Ward, Brian ^h   more..

^a ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

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

^e ZVITAMBO ^*

^f AIDS and TB Unit   (Zimbabwe)

^g Harare City Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infant; Integrated management of childhood illness

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA;

ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT FEEDING; TESTING METHOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; EAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THRUSH; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZIMBABWE;

ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 56849115379     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02178.x     Document Type: Article

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