Open AccessSuperior Uptake and Outcomes of Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV Services at an Immunization Clinic Versus an “Under-Five” General Pediatric Clinic in Malawi
Author(s) -
Eric D. McCollum,
Derek C. Johnson,
Charles Chasela,
Linias D. Siwande,
Peter N. Kazembe,
Dan Olson,
Irving Hoffman,
Charles van der Horst,
Mina C. Hosseinipour
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31825aa721
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , immunology
Although the Malawian government recommends HIV-exposed infants receive early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV at "under-five" pediatric clinics (U5Cs), most never enroll. Therefore, we evaluated the integration of EID testing into an immunization clinic (IC) compared with the current standard of EID testing at an U5C.