Conventional early infant diagnosis in Lesotho from specimen collection to results usage to manage patients: Where are the bottlenecks?

• Appolinaire Tiam ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: atiam@pedaids.org, Appolinaire.tiam@gmail.com

  Affiliations Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Maseru, Lesotho

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-7590

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• Michelle M. Gill ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle M. Gill, Laura Guay

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Heather J. Hoffman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Anthony Isavwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Mafusi Mokone,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Matokelo Foso,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Scientific Affairs, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Jeffrey T. Safrit,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Alliances, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Lynne M. Mofenson ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Thorkild Tylleskär ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Laura Guay

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle M. Gill, Laura Guay

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington DC, United States of America, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

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