Neonatal and infant diagnostic HIV-PCR uptake and associations during three sequential policy periods in Cape Town, South Africa: a longitudinal analysis

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Kalk, Emma ^a   Kroon, Max ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a,b   Osler, Meg ^a   Euvrard, Jonathan ^a   Stinson, Kathryn ^a   Timmerman, Venessa ^a   Davies, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

birth HIV PCR; early infant diagnosis; guideline implementation; HIV; maternal and child health; risk factors for HIV transmission; vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85057148723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25212     Document Type: Article

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