Open AccessBrief Report: Improving Early Infant Diagnosis Observations: Estimates of Timely HIV Testing and Mortality Among HIV-Exposed Infants
Author(s) -
Karen Webb,
Vivian Chitiyo,
Nyikadzino Mahachi,
Solomon Mukungunugwa,
Angela Mushavi,
Simukai Zizhou,
Barbara Engelsmann,
Rashida A Ferrand,
Melissa Neuman,
Wendy Hartogensis,
Elvin Geng
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000002263
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , infant mortality , cumulative incidence , confidence interval , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , population , environmental health , immunology , cohort , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , engineering
Improving efforts toward elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV requires timely early infant diagnosis (EID) among all HIV-exposed infants, but the occurrence of timely EID and infant survival may be underascertained in routine, facility-bound program data.