Point-Of-Care p24 Infant Testing for HIV May Increase Patient Identification despite Low Sensitivity.

Point-Of-Care p24 Infant Testing for HIV May Increase Patient Identification despite Low Sensitivity.

The long delay in returning test results during early infant diagnosis of HIV (EID) often causes loss-to-follow-up prior to antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in resource-limited settings. A point-of-care (POC) test may help overcome these challenges. We evaluated the performance of the LYNX...

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Main Authors: Bindiya Meggi, Timothy Bollinger, Nédio Mabunda, Adolfo Vubil, Ocean Tobaiwa, Jorge I Quevedo, Osvaldo Loquiha, Lara Vojnov, Trevor F Peter, Ilesh V Jani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5218410?pdf=render

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