Delayed diagnosis of HIV: Missed opportunities and triggers for testing in the Australian Capital Territory

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-295

  McDonald, Elizabeth A ^a   Currie, Marian J ^b   Bowden, Francis J ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood products; CD4+ count; Illness; Intravenous drug use; Men who have sex with men; Seroconversion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751197724     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06022     Document Type: Article

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