Superior uptake and outcomes of early infant diagnosis of HIV services at an immunization clinic versus an "under-five" general pediatric clinic in Malawi

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  McCollum, Eric D ^a   Johnson, Derek C ^a   Chasela, Charles S ^a   Siwande, Linias D ^b   Kazembe, Peter N ^b   Olson, Dan ^a   Hoffman, Irving ^c   Van Der Horst, Charles ^c   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^b Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

Africa; early infant diagnosis of HIV; HIV DNA PCR; pediatric; prevention of mother to child transmission; provider initiated HIV testing and counseling

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864288786     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825aa721     Document Type: Article

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