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Utility of clinical parameters to identify HIV infection in infants below ten weeks of age in South Africa: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: As HIV-infected infants have high mortality, the World Health Organization now recommends initiating antiretroviral therapy as early as possible in the first year of life. However, in many settings, laboratory diagnosis of HIV in infants is not readily available. We aimed to develop a cl...
Autores principales: | Jaspan, Heather B, Myer, Landon, Madhi, Shabir A, Violari, Avy, Gibb, Diana M, Stevens, Wendy S, Dobbels, Els, Cotton, Mark F |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22103994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-11-104 |
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