HIV risk perception and prevalence in a program for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission: Comparison of women who accept voluntary counseling and testing and those tested anonymously

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-358

  Mpairwe, Harriet ^a   Muhangi, Lawrence ^a   Namujju, Proscovia B ^a   Kisitu, Andrew ^a   Tumusiime, Alex ^a   Muwanga, Moses ^b   Whitworth, James A G ^a,c   Onyango, Saul ^d   Biryahwaho, Benon ^a   Ettiott, Allison M ^a,c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b Entebbe General Hospital   (Uganda)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Prevention of perinatal transmission; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Surveillance; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANONYMOUS TESTING; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK-TAKING; UGANDA;

EID: 21544444149     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000148081.38331.92     Document Type: Article

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