On-site HIV testing in resource-poor settings: Is one rapid test enough?

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-381

  Wilkinson, David ^a,d,f   Wilkinson, Nomsa ^g   Lombard, Carl ^a   Martin, Des ^b   Smith, Alan ^c   Floyd, Katherine ^d   Ballard, Ron ^e  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Counselling; HIV testing; On site testing; Rapid tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031027529     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199703110-00016     Document Type: Article

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