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Impact of introducing an HIV-PCR test at birth to attendance at follow-up early infant diagnosis (EID) services for HIV-exposed infants in Cape Town
Introduction: PCR testing at birth ('birth-testing') is conditionally advised by new World Health Organization guidelines for rapid diagnosis of infants infected with HIV in utero. Prompt diagnosis and early introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) can dramatically reduce mortality in HIV-infect...
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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
2017
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