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Table 2 Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV: completion of testing cascades, India

From: Loss to follow-up of HIV-exposed infants for confirmatory HIV test under Early Infant Diagnosis program in India: analysis of national-level data from reference laboratories

DNA PCR cascade

Total number of infants (a)

Out of a, HIV not detected (b)

Out of a, Inconclusive report (c)

Out of a, HIV detected in one sample (d)

Out of d, infants who completed the cascade (e)

Out of e, Number of infants diagnosed with HIV infection (f)

First cascade

30,216

28,539 (94.4)

101 (0.3)

1576 (5.2)

906 (57.5)

828 (91.4)

Second cascade

10,233

9916 (96.9)

69 (0.7)

248 (2.4)

130 (52.4)

105 (80.8)

Third cascade

2330

2233 (95.8)

24 (1.0)

73 (3.1)

34 (46.6)

27 (79.4)