Routine inpatient human immunodeficiency virus testing system increases access to pediatric human immunodeficiency virus care in sub-saharan africa

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  McCollum, Eric D ^a,b,c   Preidis, Geoffrey A ^d   Golitko, Carrie L ^b   Siwande, Linias D ^e   Mwansambo, Charles ^b   Kazembe, Peter N ^e   Hoffman, Irving ^f   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^c,f   Schutze, Gordon E ^g   Kline, Mark W ^g  

^a Baylor College   (Malawi)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara; Early infant diagnosis; Pediatric HIV; Provider initiated HIV testing and counseling; Routine HIV testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954893527     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182103f8a     Document Type: Article

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