Clinical Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Diagnosing HIV Infection During Early Infancy in South Africa: Test Timing and Frequency

Conclusions. EID at birth and 6 weeks improves outcomes and is cost-effective, compared with EID at 6 weeks alone. If scale-up costs are comparable, programs should add birth testing after strengthening 6-week testing programs.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - October 12, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Francke, J. A., Penazzato, M., Hou, T., Abrams, E. J., MacLean, R. L., Myer, L., Walensky, R. P., Leroy, V., Weinstein, M. C., Parker, R. A., Freedberg, K. A., Ciaranello, A. Tags: HIV/AIDS Source Type: research