Do diagnosis delays impact receipt of test results? Evidence from the HIV early infant diagnosis program in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mugambi, Melissa Latigo ^a   Deo, Sarang ^b   Kekitiinwa, Adeodata ^c   Kiyaga, Charles ^d   Singer, Mendel E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINIC ENTRY POINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK INFANT; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PEDIATRIC WARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURNAROUND TIME; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; HIV INFECTIONS; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84891399474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078891     Document Type: Article

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