Response to Zhao and Zhou: Diagnosis of HIV infection in breastfed infants of mothers on antiretroviral therapy

Renate Strehlau¹, Maria Paximadis^{2

3}, Gayle G Sherman^{1

2

3}, Elaine J Abrams^{4

5

6}, Caroline T Tiemessen^{2

3}, Louise Kuhn^{7

4}

Affiliations

¹ Empilweni Services and Research Unit, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand.
² Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Services.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology.
⁵ ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Comment

Renate Strehlau et al. AIDS. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 1;34(5):798-799.

doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002483.

Renate Strehlau¹, Maria Paximadis^{2

3}, Gayle G Sherman^{1

2

3}, Elaine J Abrams^{4

5

6}, Caroline T Tiemessen^{2

3}, Louise Kuhn^{7

4}

¹ Empilweni Services and Research Unit, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand.
² Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Services.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology.
⁵ ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Comment on

HIV diagnostic challenges in breast-fed infants of mothers on antiretroviral therapy.
Strehlau R, Paximadis M, Patel F, Burke M, Technau KG, Shiau S, Abrams EJ, Sherman GG, Hunt G, Ledwaba J, Mazanderani AH, Tiemessen CT, Kuhn L; LEOPARD Study Team. Strehlau R, et al. AIDS. 2019 Sep 1;33(11):1751-1756. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002276. AIDS. 2019. PMID: 31149944 Free PMC article.
Diagnosis of HIV infection in breastfed infants of mothers on antiretroviral therapy.
Zhao H, Zhou YH. Zhao H, et al. AIDS. 2020 Apr 1;34(5):797. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002482. AIDS. 2020. PMID: 32167994 No abstract available.

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