Open AccessEarly infant diagnosis: A new tool of HIV diagnosis in children
Author(s) -
Kamlesh Jain,
Raj Kumar Mahajan,
Manoj Shevkani,
Pradeep Kumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.84134
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transmission (telecommunications) , cohort , dried blood spot , newborn screening , dried blood , obstetrics , immunology , chemistry , electrical engineering , chromatography , biology , engineering , genetics
Standard assay has limited utility in diagnosing HIV reactivity among infants till the age of 18 months by which time, many HIV-infected infants expire. The test for diagnosing infant and children below 18 months is DNA polymerase chain reaction (DNAPCR) either by dried blood spot (DBS) or whole blood sample (WBS). Early infant diagnosis (EID) project is implemented in 18 districts of Gujarat through 33 PPTCT centers from 1st April 2010. Present analysis is done to evaluate factors curbing mother to child HIV transmission.