Field evaluation of HIV point-of-care testing for early infant diagnosis in Cape Town, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Dunning, Lorna ^a   Kroon, Max ^a   Hsiao, Nei yuan ^a   Myer, Landon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERROR; FIELD STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; SERODIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85038819845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189226     Document Type: Article

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