| Title: |
Human immunodeficiency virus case detection and antiretroviral therapy enrollment among children below and above 18 months old ; A comparative analysis from Cameroon |
| Authors: |
Yumo, Habakkuk A.; Ndenkeh, Jackson N.; Sieleunou, Isidore; Nsame, Denis N.; Kuwoh, Pius B.; Beissner, Marcus; Loscher, Thomas; Kuaban, Christopher |
| Contributors: |
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung; Foundation for the National Institutes of Health |
| Source: |
Medicine ; volume 100, issue 17, page e25510 ; ISSN 0025-7974 1536-5964 |
| Publisher Information: |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Description: |
While pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing has been more focused on children below 18 months through prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), the yield of this approach remains unclear comparatively to testing children above 18 months through routine provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC). This study aimed at assessing and comparing the HIV case detection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) enrolment among children below and above 18 months of age in Cameroon. This information is required to guide the investments in HIV testing among children and adolescents. We conducted a cross-sectional study where we invited parents visiting or receiving HIV care in 3 hospitals to have their children tested for HIV. HIV testing was done using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antibody rapid tests for children |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1097/md.0000000000025510 |
| DOI: |
10.1097/MD.0000000000025510 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000025510; https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/MD.0000000000025510 |
| Rights: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.8DEE03BC |
| Database: |
BASE |