The specificity of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) used for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is <100%, leading some HIV-uninfected infants to be incorrectly identified as HIV-infected. The World Health Organization recommends that infants undergo a second NAAT to confirm any positive test result, but implementation is limited. Our objective was to determine the impact and cost-effectiveness of confirmatory HIV testing for EID programmes in South Africa.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/value-confirmatory-testing-early-infant-hiv-diagnosis-programmes-south-africa-cost
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002446
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lorna-dunning
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jordan-francke
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/divya-mallampati-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aids
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diagnostic-methods
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-africa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health