It's time to normalize testing for HIV

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1459-1460

  Kirchner, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AAHIVS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCREENING; THRUSH; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248995262     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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