Infant HIV testing at birth using point-of-care and conventional HIV DNA PCR: an implementation feasibility pilot study in Kenya

Infant HIV testing at birth using point-of-care and conventional HIV DNA PCR: an implementation feasibility pilot study in Kenya

Abstract Background Infant HIV diagnosis by HIV DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing at the standard 6 weeks of age is often late to mitigate the mortality peak that occurs in HIV positive infants’ first 2–3 months of life. Kenya recently revised their early infant diagnosis (EID) guidelines...

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Main Authors: Matthew R. Sandbulte, Brad J. Gautney, May Maloba, Catherine Wexler, Melinda Brown, Natabhona Mabachi, Kathy Goggin, Raphael Lwembe, Niaman Nazir, Thomas A. Odeny, Sarah Finocchario-Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Subjects:
HIV
Early infant diagnosis
Point-of-care testing
Birth testing
Implementation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40814-019-0402-0

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