HIV rapid testing as a key strategy for prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Brazil Prueba rápida para el HIV como una estrategia para la prevención de la transmisión vertical en Brasil Teste rápido para o HIV como estratégia de prevenção da transmissão vertical no Brasil

• Main Authors: Valdiléa G Veloso (Author), Francisco I Bastos (Author), Margareth Crisóstomo Portela (Author), Beatriz Grinsztejn (Author), Esau Custodio João (Author), Jose Henrique da Silva Pilotto (Author), Ana Beatriz Busch Araújo (Author), Breno Riegel Santos (Author), Rosana Campos da Fonseca (Author), Regis Kreitchmann (Author), Monica Derrico (Author), Ruth Khalili Friedman (Author), Cynthia B Cunha (Author), Mariza Gonçalves Morgado (Author), Karin Nielsen Saines (Author), Yvonne J Bryson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of HIV rapid testing for pregnant women at maternity hospital admission and of subsequent interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission. METHODS: Study based on a convenience sample of women unaware of their HIV serostatus when they were admitted to delivery...