Maternal viral load monitoring: Coverage and clinical action at 4 Kenyan hospitals

Matthew Sandbulte; Melinda Brown; Catherine Wexler; May Maloba; Brad Gautney; Kathy Goggin; Elizabeth Muchoki; Shadrack Babu; Nicodemus Maosa; Sarah Finocchario-Kessler

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0232358

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Maternal viral load monitoring: Coverage and clinical action at 4 Kenyan hospitals

Matthew Sandbulte,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America
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Melinda Brown,

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

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9555-5804

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Catherine Wexler ,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cwexler@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-9165

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May Maloba,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Innovations, Nairobi, Kenya
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Brad Gautney,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health Innovations, Dallas, TX, United States of America
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Kathy Goggin,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States of America
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Elizabeth Muchoki,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Shadrack Babu,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Nicodemus Maosa,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Sarah Finocchario-Kessler

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

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America
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Maternal viral load monitoring: Coverage and clinical action at 4 Kenyan hospitals

Matthew Sandbulte,
Melinda Brown,
Catherine Wexler,
May Maloba,
Brad Gautney,
Kathy Goggin,
Elizabeth Muchoki,
Shadrack Babu,
Nicodemus Maosa,
Sarah Finocchario-Kessler

Published: May 29, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232358

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