Rapid Identification of Infants for Antiretroviral Therapy in a Resource Poor Setting: The Kenya Experience
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Rapid identification of infants for antiretroviral therapy in a resource poor setting: the Kenya experience.
In Kenya, HIV diagnosis is not routinely carried out in infants, and yet rapid diagnosis could improve access to lifesaving interventions. A cheap and readily accessible service can resolve this problem, if feasible. In this pilot study the feasibility and costs of provision of an infant HIV diagnosis service in Kenya are evaluated. Dried blood spots (DBS) were collected from infants exposed to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn036