Accurate early infant HIV diagnosis in primary health clinics using a point-of-care nucleic acid test

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jani, Ilesh V ^a   Meggi, Bindiya ^a   Mabunda, Nédio ^a   Vubil, Adolfo ^a   Sitoe, Nadia E ^a   Tobaiwa, Ocean ^b   Quevedo, Jorge I ^b   Lehe, Jonathan D ^b   Loquiha, Osvaldo ^c   Vojnov, Lara ^b   Peter, Trevor F ^b  

^a Institut Nacional da Saude   (Mozambique)

^b CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

antiretroviral treatment; early infant diagnosis; HIV; lowresource; pediatric; point of care; primary health care

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INFANT DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYZER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NUCLEIC ACID BASED TEST; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906082508     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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