New entrants to HIV care are presenting only at marginally earlier stages of disease but may increasingly represent groups perceived at lower risk

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-51

  Loupa, Chariclia V ^a   Lederman, Michael M ^a   Valdez, Hernán ^a,b   Salata, Robert A ^a   McComsey, Grace A ^a   Gripshover, Barbara ^a   Fulton, Scott ^a   Lisgaris, Michelle V ^a   Kucia, Michelle ^a   Asaad, Robert ^a   Cline, Jennifer ^a   Rodríguez, Benigno ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV epidemiology; HIV infection; HIV testing; viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OHIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 26944481988     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109705278112     Document Type: Article

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