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- Title
Mandatory HIV Testing of Infants and Rates of Follow-Up Care.
- Authors
Wilson, Tracey E.; Minkoff, Howard
- Abstract
The article describes a study concerning the mandatory HIV testing of infants and the rates of follow-up care in New York. In New York, legislation was passed in response to findings demonstrating reduced vertical transmission of HIV with the administration of zidovudine in the prepartum, antepartum and postpartum periods. The legislation would reveal the results of previously anonymous HIV serosurveys of newborns. The study assessed the validity of the concern that, given that mandatory testing abrogates a mother's choice, it is possible that women who do not wish to learn their serostatus might be deterred from seeking infant care in settings where HTV test results are given.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); HIV infection transmission; NEWBORN infant care; AZIDOTHYMIDINE; INFANT care
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1999, Vol 89, Issue 10, p1583
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.89.10.1583