<div><p>Introduction</p><p>Early infant diagnosis (EID) and prompt linkage to care are critical to minimise the high morbidity and mortality associated with infant HIV infection. Attrition in the “EID cascade” is common; however, point-of-care (POC) EID assays with same-day result could facilitate prompt linkage of HIV-infected infant to treatment. Despite a number of POC EID assays in development, few have been independently evaluated and data on new technologies are urgently needed to inform policy.</p><p>Methods</p><p>We compared Alere q 1/2 Detect POC system laboratory test characteristics with the local standard of care (SOC), Roche CAP/CTM HIV-1 qualitative PCR in an independent laboratory-based evaluation in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is an important service to reduce paediatric morbidity...
More than 280 000 HIV-exposed infants are born each year in South Africa (SA), all of whom require p...
INTRODUCTION: Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is an important service to reduce paedia...
Introduction Early infant diagnosis (EID) and prompt linkage to care are critical to minimise the hi...
BACKGROUND:Early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) coverage and uptake remains challenging. Point-of-care (...
BackgroundAccess to point-of-care HIV testing shortens turn-around times, time to diagnosis and redu...
Despite improvements in PMTCT services in low- and middle-income countries, there are still almost 2...
The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often causes los...
Despite improvements in PMTCT services in low- and middle-income countries, there are still almost 2...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Failure to timely diagnose HIV in infants is a major barrier for scaling-up...
In the absence of early infant diagnosis (EID) and immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART), some 50% ...
IntroductionNovel approaches to case identification and linkage to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are ...
Background Point of-care (POC) HIV-1 RNA tests which are accurate and easy to use with limited infra...
BackgroundPoint of-care (POC) HIV-1 RNA tests which are accurate and easy to use with limited infras...
BACKGROUND:Failure to timely diagnose HIV in infants is a major barrier for scaling-up paediatric an...
Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is an important service to reduce paediatric morbidity...
More than 280 000 HIV-exposed infants are born each year in South Africa (SA), all of whom require p...
INTRODUCTION: Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is an important service to reduce paedia...
Introduction Early infant diagnosis (EID) and prompt linkage to care are critical to minimise the hi...
BACKGROUND:Early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) coverage and uptake remains challenging. Point-of-care (...
BackgroundAccess to point-of-care HIV testing shortens turn-around times, time to diagnosis and redu...
Despite improvements in PMTCT services in low- and middle-income countries, there are still almost 2...
The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often causes los...
Despite improvements in PMTCT services in low- and middle-income countries, there are still almost 2...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Failure to timely diagnose HIV in infants is a major barrier for scaling-up...
In the absence of early infant diagnosis (EID) and immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART), some 50% ...
IntroductionNovel approaches to case identification and linkage to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are ...
Background Point of-care (POC) HIV-1 RNA tests which are accurate and easy to use with limited infra...
BackgroundPoint of-care (POC) HIV-1 RNA tests which are accurate and easy to use with limited infras...
BACKGROUND:Failure to timely diagnose HIV in infants is a major barrier for scaling-up paediatric an...
Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is an important service to reduce paediatric morbidity...
More than 280 000 HIV-exposed infants are born each year in South Africa (SA), all of whom require p...
INTRODUCTION: Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is an important service to reduce paedia...