Development of a clinical algorithm to prioritise HIV testing of hospitalised paediatric patients in a low resource moderate prevalence setting

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Allison, Waridibo E ^a   Kiromat, Mobumo ^b   Vince, John ^c   Wand, Handan ^a   Cunningham, Philip ^d   Graham, Stephen M ^e   Kaldor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b William J Clinton Foundation   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEVER; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THRUSH; UNDERWEIGHT;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALGORITHMS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THINNESS;

EID: 78650829187     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.179143     Document Type: Article

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