Loss to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants for confirmatory HIV test under Early Infant Diagnosis program in India: analysis of national-level data from reference laboratories

Loss to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants for confirmatory HIV test under Early Infant Diagnosis program in India: analysis of national-level data from reference laboratories

Abstract Background Early Infant Diagnosis was launched in India in 2010 and its effect on the diagnosis of HIV-exposed infants needs to be assessed. The present study was done to find out the median age at DBS sample collection for early infant diagnosis and its trend over years, the median age at...

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Main Authors: Nilesh Gawde, Suchit Kamble, Noopur Goel, Kalyani Nikhare, Shilpa Bembalkar, Mohan Thorwat, Dhanashree Jagtap, Swarali Kurle, Neeru Yadav, Vinita Verma, Neha Kapoor, Chinmoyee Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Early infant diagnosis
HIV-exposed infants
Loss to follow-up from EID testing cascade
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03656-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03656-w

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