Publications by authors named "Nkechi Frank-Peterside"
Background: Most published reports on HIV prevalence are centered on adults of sexually active age and antenatal mothers with little or no regard to infants and children.
Methods: A total of one thousand (1000) children aged 1 to less than 15 years attending the various clinics at the Braithwait Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH), Port Harcourt were recruited into the study. Blood samples (3 millilitres of blood) were collected into a five millilitres syringe and the serum was used for serological testing of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and CD4 cell counts from EDTA blood.