Universal HIV testing of infants at immunization clinics: An acceptable and feasible approach for early infant diagnosis in high HIV prevalence settings

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1851-1857

  Rollins, Nigel ^a,b   Mzolo, Similo ^a   Moodley, Tammy ^c   Esterhuizen, Tonya ^d   Van Rooyen, Heidi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Futuristic Training Solutions ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Human Sciences Research Council   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Africa; Feasibility; HIV testing; Immunizations; Infants; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DNA, VIRAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249089108     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832d84fd     Document Type: Article

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