Voluntary counselling, HIV testing and sexual behaviour among patients with tuberculosis in a rural district of Malawi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Zachariah, Rony ^a   Spielmann, M P ^a   Harries, A D ^b   Salaniponi, F L ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Condom; Counselling; HIV; Malawi; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037251792     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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