Table 5.
Data collected for TApHOD
| Category | Variables |
|---|---|
| Demographic, background information | Sex, date of birth, date of first clinic visit, date of the most recent contact, ethnicity, HIV exposure category, maternal and infant ARV exposure for PMTCT, date lost to follow-up, date and cause of death |
| HIV diagnostic testing | DNA PCR, RNA PCR, Up24, ELISA <18 months, ELISA ≥18 months, other antibody test (and date), clinical presumptive diagnosis |
| Family history | HIV status of biological mother and father, vital status of biological mother and father, primary caretaker, orphan status, disclosure to child and date, residential status, school attendance and school grade |
| Serology—hepatitis and syphilis | Hepatitis B vaccination, HBV surface antigen, HBV e antigen, HBV core antibody, HCV antibody, syphilis RPR, syphilis VDRL, syphilis TPHA, syphilis other tests |
| Opportunistic infection | Date of diagnosis, CDC category, WHO staging, WHO event, diagnosis, outcome, immune reconstitution syndrome |
| CD4+/HIV testing | Test date, CD4+ count, CD4+ percentage, CD8+ count, CD8+ percentage, total lymphocyte count, viral load (HIV RNA) |
| Other laboratory and physical examination | Test date, height, weight, haemoglobin, haematocrit, platelet count, ALT (SGPT), AST (SGOT), alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, cholesterol, HDL, glucose, triglycerides, creatinine |
| ART | ART treatment and date started and stopped, dosage, frequency, formulation, generic or patent drug, part of a fixed dose combination, reason ARV stopped |
| Prophylaxis | Prophylactic treatment and start and stop date, primary or secondary |
| Adverse events | Adverse events, onset date and stop date, hopitalization for adverse events, admission and discharge date, discharge diagnosis |
ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; CDC: US Centres for Disease Control; RPR: rapid plasma regain; VDRL: venereal disease research laboratory; TPHA: treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay; ALT: alanine aminotransferase also called SGPT: serum glutamic-pyruvic transferase; AST: aspartate transaminase also called SGOT: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; PMTCT: preventing mother-to-child transmission.