Improving early identification of HIV-infected neonates with birth PCR testing in a large urban hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: Successes and challenges

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Technau, Karl Günter ^a   Kuhn, Louise ^b   Coovadia, Ashraf ^a   Carmona, Sergio ^c   Sherman, Gayle ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth; Diagnosis; HIV; In utero; Neonate; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; LIVE BIRTH; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VENOUS BLOOD; VIRAL LOAD TESTING; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; URBAN HEALTH; COUNSELING; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NEVIRAPINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020374366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.20.1.21436     Document Type: Article

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