HIV testing rates among pregnant women in Managua, Nicaragua, 2010-2011 Tasas de realización de pruebas de detección del VIH en mujeres embarazadas en Managua, Nicaragua, 2010-2011

• Main Authors: Jonathan Colasanti, Marco Lorio Rugama, Karina Lifschitz, Manuel Largaespada, Benito Flores-Lopéz, Christopher Dodd, Daniel J. Feaster, Margaret Pereyra, Lisa R. Metsch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2013
• Subjects: Seroprevalencia de VIH; mujeres embarazadas; serodiagnóstico del sida; Nicaragua; HIV seroprevalence; pregnant women; AIDS serodiagnosis; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sida
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/3515deb384274bbdb7982d25c9e09bb5

OBJECTIVE: To determine and report the rate and pattern of HIV testing among pregnant women receiving ambulatory prenatal care, and the total number of positive cases in pregnant women in Managua, Nicaragua. METHODS: A retrospective epidemiological review was conducted to assess HIV testing rates am...