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‘The baby will have the right beginning’: Infant caregiver and health worker views on point-of-care HIV birth testing across 10 sites in Zimbabwe

2022-05-02

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<h4>Background: </h4> The survival of HIV-infected infants depends on early identification and initiation on effective treatment. HIV-exposed infants are tested at 6 weeks of age; however, testing for HIV sooner (e.g., shortly after birth) can identify in utero infection, which is associated with rapid progression. Infant early diagnostic virologic tests often have long turnaround times, reducing the utility of ea...

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Literature Corpus work: 9574a4c9-9bb1-5fac-8451-184fb6936821
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1594505/v1

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