Provider-initiated HIV testing in rural Haiti: Low rate of missed opportunities for diagnosis of HIV in a primary care clinic

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,c   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^b   Mukherjee, Joia S ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 38949190585     PISSN: 17426405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-4-28     Document Type: Article

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