Turnaround time for early infant HIV diagnosis in rural Zambia: A chart review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sutcliffe, Catherine G ^a   Van Dijk, Janneke H ^b,c   Hamangaba, Francis ^b   Mayani, Felix ^b   Moss, William J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Macha Hospital   (Zambia)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TURNAROUND TIME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84899811321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087028     Document Type: Review

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