Overseas processing of dried blood spots for timely diagnosis of HIV in Haitian infants

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 331-335

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,b,c,d   Fawzi, Mary Catherine Smith ^c,e   Mann, Julie ^c   Jerome, Jean Gregory ^f   Raymonville, Maxi ^f   Mukherjee, Jola S ^a,b,c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Global Health Equity   (United States)

^c Harvard Center for AIDS Research ^*

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Zanmi Lasante   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; Haiti; HIV serodiagnosis; Poverty areas

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY METHOD; POVERTY; RURAL AREA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 62349141745     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892008001100005     Document Type: Article

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