Enrollment and retention of HIV discordant couples in Lusaka, Zambia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-125

  Kempf, Mirjam Colette ^a,b   Allen, Susan ^a,c   Zulu, Isaac ^a,d   Kancheya, Nzali ^a,d   Stephenson, Rob ^c   Brill, Ilene ^a,b   Tichacek, Amanda ^a,c   Haworth, Alan ^a,d,e,f   Chomba, Elwyn ^a,f  

^a Zambia Emory HIV Research Project   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Discordant couples; HIV; Retention; Sub Saharan Africa; Voluntary counseling and testing; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; ZAMBIA;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 39049161208     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815d2f3f     Document Type: Article

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