Perinatal HIV transmission and the cost-effectiveness of screening at 14 weeks gestation, at the onset of labour and the rapid testing of infants

BACKGROUND: Preventing HIV transmission is a worldwide public health issue. Vertical transmission of HIV from a mother can be prevented with diagnosis and treatment, but screening incurs cost. The U.S. Virgin Islands follows the mainland policy on antenatal screening for HIV even though HIV prevalen...

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Autores principales: Udeh, Belinda, Udeh, Chiedozie, Graves, Nicholas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19117527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-174

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19117527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-174

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