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Feasibility Study of HIV Sentinel Surveillance using PMTCT data in Cameroon: from Scientific Success to Programmatic Failure.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on January 03, 2017

Authors

Serge C Billong1,2,3, Jacob Dee4, Joseph Fokam5,6,7,8, Georges Nguefack-Tsague9,10, Gabriel L Ekali11, Raoul Fodjo11, Edith S Temgoua12, Edson-Joan Billong13, Samuel M Sosso12, Jembia J Mosoko14, Francisca Monebenimp10, Alexis Ndjolo10,12, Anne-Cecile Z-K Bissek9,10,15, Omotayo Bolu14, Jean-Bosco N Elat9,11

Author Affiliations

1: National HIV drug resistance surveillance and prevention Working Group (HIVDR-WG), National AIDS Control Committee, Yaoundé, Cameroon. sergebillong@yahoo.fr.
2: Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. sergebillong@yahoo.fr.
3: Central Technical Group, National AIDS Control Committee, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon. sergebillong@yahoo.fr.
4: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, USA.
5: National HIV drug resistance surveillance and prevention Working Group (HIVDR-WG), National AIDS Control Committee, Yaoundé, Cameroon. josephfokam@gmail.com.
6: Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. josephfokam@gmail.com.
7: Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre (CIRCB) for research on HIV/AIDS prevention andmanagement, Yaoundé, Cameroon. josephfokam@gmail.com.
8: Chair of Virology, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. josephfokam@gmail.com.
9: National HIV drug resistance surveillance and prevention Working Group (HIVDR-WG), National AIDS Control Committee, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
10: Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (FMBS), University of Yaoundé1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
11: Central Technical Group, National AIDS Control Committee, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
12: Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre (CIRCB) for research on HIV/AIDS prevention andmanagement, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
13: Faculty of Medicine, University of Antanarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
14: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Cameroon Country Office, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
15: Division of Operational Health Research, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

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