Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of clients presenting for HIV voluntary counselling and testing in Moshi, Tanzania

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 691-696

  Chu, H Y ^a   Crump, J A ^a,b   Ostermann, J ^c   Oenga, R B ^b   Itemba, D K ^d   Mgonja, A ^d   Mtweve, S ^b,d   Bartlett, J A ^a,c   Shao, J F ^b   Thielman, Nathan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Women Against AIDS in Kilimanjaro ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV seroprevalence; Risk factors; Sexual behaviour; Sociodemographic characteristics; Tanzania; Voluntary counselling and testing

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 27344441406     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646205774357307     Document Type: Review

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