| newborn screening for human immunodeficiency virus infection in the bronx, ny, and evolving public health policy. | new advances in the diagnosis and treatment of hiv infection continue to propel changes in public understanding of hiv infection and the administration of public health law. over the past decade, new york state has moved from a policy of blind newborn screening for seroprevalence data to mandatory hiv testing as part of the statewide newborn screening (nbs) program. a new statewide program of expedited hiv testing (48-hr turnaround results) of pregnant women and newborns (whose hiv status is unk ... | 1999 | 10874985 |
| expedited human immunodeficiency virus testing of mothers and newborns with unknown hiv status at time of labor and delivery. | new york state introduced the first statewide program in the u.s. of expedited hiv testing (48-hour turn-around results) of mothers with unknown hiv status at the time of labor or delivery and their newborns on august 1, 1999. we evaluated the results of this program during its first 5 months at lincoln medical and mental health center (lincoln hospital) in the bronx, new york. there were 1,274 total live birth deliveries between august 1 and december 31, 1999. the hiv infection status of 539 mo ... | 2000 | 11155432 |