HIV/AIDS Treatment Options Improve with Quick Lab Results in Zambézia Province
Dramatic reduction in specimen turnaround time and access to thousands of viral load results offers significant life-saving opportunities
Viral load sample verification
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Pediatric HIV researcher Carlucci discusses work in Mozambique
When James Carlucci, MD, MPH, instructor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, is in Nashville he treats children at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. When he’s on one of the several trips he takes each year to Mozambique, he’s trying to understand when and why HIV-exposed infants fall out of care — and how to change it.