Field Evaluation of Near Point of Care Cepheid GeneXpert HIV-1 Qual for Early Infant Diagnosis
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Opollo, VSNikuze, A
Ben-Farhat, J
Anyango, E
Humwa, F
Oyaro, B
Wanjala, S
Omwoyo, W
Majiwa, M
Akelo, V
Zeh, C
Maman, D
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2018-12-27Submitted date
2019-02-01
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Access to point-of-care HIV testing shortens turn-around times, time to diagnosis and reduces loss to follow-up hence minimizing barriers to early linkage to care and treatment among HIV infected infants. Currently samples for early infant HIV diagnosis are sent to centralized testing facilities which are few and located only at specific regions in Kenya. However, there are Point of Care (POC) early infant diagnosis [EID] technologies elsewhere such as SAMBA and ALERE-Q that are yet to be evaluated in Kenya despite the urgent need for data to inform policy formulation regarding EID. The Cepheid GeneXpert HIV-1 Qual (GeneXpert) technology for POC EID offers a great opportunity to minimize HIV associated morbidity, mortality and loss to follow-up through decentralization of early infant HIV testing to the clinics. This technology also allows for same-day results thus facilitating prompt linkage to care.Publisher
Public Library of SciencePubMed ID
30589900Language
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1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0209778
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