Loss to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants for confirmatory HIV test under Early Infant Diagnosis program in India: analysis of national-level data from reference laboratories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early Infant Diagnosis was launched in India in 2010 and its effect on the diagnosis of HIV-exposed infants needs to be assessed. The present study was done to find out the median age at DBS sample collection for early infant diagnosis and its trend over years, the median age at diagnosis of HIV among the HIV-exposed infants with DNA PCR tests, and the proportion of infants who completed testing cascades after detection of HIV-1 in a sample.

Methods

DNA PCR data (from 2013 to 2017) maintained at all regional reference laboratories in India was collated with each infant identified by a unique code. Cohort analysis of the infant data was used to find the median age at sample collection and diagnosis. The outcomes of testing in each cascade and the overall outcomes o

SUBMITTER: Gawde N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578277 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature