A 34-year-old pregnant female discovered that her husband testedpositive for HIV. She was never screened for HIV infection earlier.She shares this information to her physician during delivery.Immediate screening of the infant with molecular methods such asqPCR yielded positive results.
a. Explain the algorithm for laboratory diagnosis for screeningand determination of true positive for the newborns?
b. If the results are true positives, how should the infant bemonitored?
c. If the initial screening at birth yielded negative resultsfor the infant, should the testing be concluded? Explain yourreasoning.
