Paediatric HIV testing beyond the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2016, Pages e473-e481

  Cohn, Jennifer ^a,b   Whitehouse, Katherine ^a   Tuttle, Julia ^c   Lueck, Kristin ^c   Tran, Trang ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FINANCIAL STATEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER TO CHILD DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER; TRANSMISSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84991406617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30050-9     Document Type: Article

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