2014
Correlates of Suboptimal Entry Into Early Infant Diagnosis in Rural North Central Nigeria
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Megazzini KM, Audet CM, Dunlap J, Sodangi IS, Gebi UI, Shepherd BE, Wester CW, Vermund SH. Correlates of Suboptimal Entry Into Early Infant Diagnosis in Rural North Central Nigeria. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014, 67: e19-e26. PMID: 24853310, PMCID: PMC4134378, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly infant diagnosisRural North-Central NigeriaInfant diagnosisPregnant womenChild HIV transmission (PMTCT) programsHIV care/treatmentClinic of enrolmentPediatric HIV infectionPrevention of motherNorth Central NigeriaMultivariable logistic regressionCare/treatmentDate of enrollmentHIV service uptakeEID uptakeCohort studyHIV infectionLaboratory variablesClinic locationService uptakeMaternal factorsTransmission programInfantsReferral sourceLogistic regression
2011
Testing and linkage of patients to early care
Vermund SH. Testing and linkage of patients to early care. AIDS 2011, 25: 1547-1548. PMID: 21747236, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32834940b3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPredictors of Successful Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in a Rural District Hospital in Zambézia, Mozambique
Cook RE, Ciampa PJ, Sidat M, Blevins M, Burlison J, Davidson MA, Arroz JA, Vergara AE, Vermund SH, Moon TD. Predictors of Successful Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in a Rural District Hospital in Zambézia, Mozambique. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2011, 56: e104-e109. PMID: 21266912, PMCID: PMC3073723, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318207a535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly infant diagnosisInfant diagnosisHIV diagnosisMaternal receiptAntiretroviral therapyEarly infant HIV diagnosisMultivariable logistic regression modelHIV-infected mothersLinkage of HIVRural Zambézia ProvinceHIV care clinicsInfant HIV diagnosisRural district hospitalMother-infant pairsPaediatric antiretroviral treatmentLocal health authoritiesLogistic regression modelsRetrospective cohortAntiretroviral treatmentMedian ageCare clinicsMaternal healthDistrict hospitalTimely initiationHIV