Voluntary counseling and testing by nurse counselors: What is the role of routine repeated testing after a negative result?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-571

  Matambo, Ronnie ^a   Dauya, Ethel ^a   Mutswanga, Junior ^a   Makanza, Eve ^a   Chandiwana, Steven ^a   Mason, Peter R ^a   Butterworth, Anthony E ^a,b   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,b,c  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 32044470469     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499954     Document Type: Article

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