Accuracy and costs of rapid human immunodeficiency virus testing technologies in rural hospitals in Zambia

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 254-259

  Plourde, Pierre J ^a,b,d   Mphuka, Simon ^a   Muyinda, Gabriel K ^c   Banda, Mazuwa ^a   Sichali Sichinga, Karen ^a   Chama, David ^c   Ronald, Allan R ^b  

^a Churches Med Association of Zambia   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; ZAMBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERODIAGNOSIS--COST; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VIRAL DISEASES; ZAMBIA;

ALGORITHMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031803697     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199805000-00007     Document Type: Article

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