Prevalence and outcomes of HIV-1 diagnostic challenges during universal birth testing – an urban South African observational cohort

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 20, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Technau, Karl Günter ^b   Mazanderani, Ahmad Haeri ^a,c   Kuhn, Louise ^d   Hans, Lucia ^b   Strehlau, Renate ^b   Abrams, Elaine J ^e   Conradie, Martie ^b   Coovadia, Ashraf ^b   Mbete, Ndileka ^b   Murnane, Pamela M ^b,d   Patel, Faeezah ^b   Shiau, Stephanie ^b,d   Tiemessen, Caroline T ^a,f   Sherman, Gayle G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth testing; Early infant diagnosis; HIV 1 PCR; Indeterminate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICAN; URBAN AREA; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 85028533872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.20.7.21761     Document Type: Article

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