Nucleic acid testing for infectious diseases at the point of care is beginning to enter clinical
practice in developed and developing countries; especially for applications requiring fast …

Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV-1 infection confers substantial benefits to HIV-infected
and HIV-uninfected infants, to their families, and to programs providing prevention of mother …

Early diagnosis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in
infants can greatly reduce mortality rates. However, current infant HIV-1 diagnostics cannot …

A cohort design was used to determine uptake and drop out of 213 HIV-exposed infants
eligible for Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV. To explore service providers and care givers …

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the HIV Infant Tracking
System (HITSystem) for quality improvement of early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV services …

In resource-limited settings, the lack of decentralized molecular diagnostic testing and
sparse access to centralized medical facilities can present a critical barrier to timely …

Background: Services to diagnose early infant HIV infection should be offered at the 6-week
immunization visit. Despite high 6-week immunization attendance, the coverage of early …

Abstract Background In Tanzania, less than a third of HIV infected children estimated to be in
need of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are receiving it. In this setting where other infections and …

Currently, the majority of HIV-infected infants are found within limited-resource settings,
where inadequate screening for HIV due to the lack of access to simple and affordable point …

Early infant diagnosis (EID) programs in many resource-limited settings are aimed at
diagnosing infants born to HIV-infected mothers. Because of the complexity of the diagnostic …