HIV testing for children in resource-limited settings: what are we waiting for?

PLoS Med. 2010 Jul 20;7(7):e1000285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000285.

Abstract

Scott Kellerman and Shaffiq Essajee argue that the time has come to increase access to HIV testing for children, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Algorithms
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / economics
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / economics
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Health Resources / supply & distribution*
  • Health Resources / trends
  • Health Services Accessibility / economics
  • Health Services Accessibility / trends
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / economics
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data
  • Pediatrics / economics*
  • Pediatrics / methods*
  • Pediatrics / trends
  • World Health Organization / economics
  • World Health Organization / organization & administration

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents