Performance of point-of-care birth HIV testing in primary health care clinics: An observational cohort study.

Bindiya MeggiLara VojnovNedio MabundaAdolfo VubilAlcina ZithaOcean TobaiwaChishamiso MudenyangaDadirayi MutsakaTimothy BollingerOsvaldo LoquihaTrevor F PeterIlesh V Jani

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Adding POC birth testing to the 4-6 week screen may increase access to HIV diagnosis and expedite ART initiation in primary health care settings within low resource settings. Guidance on appropriate confirmatory HIV testing algorithms for birth testing is needed.

Keyphrases

hiv testing
men who have sex with men
gestational age
hiv positive
machine learning
primary care
high throughput
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
preterm birth
randomized controlled trial
pregnant women
single cell
study protocol