Acceptability, feasibility and impact of routine screening to detect undiagnosed HIV infection in 17-24-month-old children in the western sub-district of Cape Town

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-248

  Levin, Michael ^a   Mathema, Hlengani ^a   Stinson, Kathryn ^a   Jennings, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Health Directorate   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859205975     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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