A primary care level algorithm for identifying HIV-infected adolescents in populations at high risk through mother-to-child transmission

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-355

  Ferrand, Rashida A ^a,b   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Nathoo, Kusum ^c   Ndhlovu, Chiratidzo E ^c   Mungofa, Stanley ^d   Munyati, Shungu ^b   Bandason, Tsitsi ^b   Gibb, Diana M ^d   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; HIV; Mother to child transmission; Primary Health Care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORPHANED CHILD; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DEFECT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79951731653     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02708.x     Document Type: Article

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