Open AccessPerformance of antenatal HIV screening strategies in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
P Tookey,
Diana M. Gibb,
A. E. Ades,
T. Duong,
J. Masters,
Lorraine Sherr,
Catherine Peckham,
C. N. Hudson
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of medical screening
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-5793
pISSN - 0969-1413
DOI - 10.1136/jms.5.3.133
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , pregnancy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confidence interval , family medicine , obstetrics , immunology , serology , biology , antibody , genetics
In 1996 only 13.5% of previously undiagnosed HIV infected women were detected in pregnancy. In this study, all 265 maternity units in the United Kingdom were surveyed to determine the relation between screening strategy, uptake of testing, and detection rate.
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