A prospective evaluation of the feasibility and utility of additional tools to obtain information from recently diagnosed HIV infected patients

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 31-32, 2008, Pages 453-458

  Daneel, S ^a   Schupbach J ^b   Gebhardt, M ^c   Werner, M ^c   Staub, R ^c   Vernazza, P ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circumstances; Feasibility; HIV infection; Partner type; Recent infections; Return rate

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 49549114679     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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