Introduction of Routine HIV Birth Testing in the South African National Consolidated Guidelines

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 559-563

  Moyo, Faith ^a,b   Mazanderani, Ahmad Haeri ^a,c   Barron, Peter ^d   Bhardwaj, Sanjana ^e   Goga, Ameena Ebrahim ^f,g   Pillay, Yogan ^h   Sherman, Gayle G ^a,b,i  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (South Africa)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birth testing; Early infant diagnosis; EMTCT; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEROLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85052628069     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001840     Document Type: Article

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