Two and a half years of routine HIV testing in Botswana

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-488

  Steen, Tore W ^a   Seipone, Khumo ^a   Gomez, Florindo De La Hoz ^a   Anderson, Marina G ^a   Kejelepula, Marble ^a   Keapoletswe, Koona ^a   Moffat, Howard J ^a  

^a Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; HIV AIDS; Routine HIV testing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147187265     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318030ffa9     Document Type: Article

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