HIV prevalence in voluntary counseling and testing centers compared with national HIV serosurvey data in Uganda

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-189

  Baryarama, Fulgentius ^a,e   Bunnell, Rebecca E ^a   Montana, Livia ^b   Hladik, Wolfgang ^a   Opio, Alex ^c   Musinguzi, Joshua ^c   Kirungi, Wilford ^c   Waswa Bright, Laban ^d   Mermin, Jonathan H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d AIDS Information Centre   (Uganda)

^e UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Catchment area; HIV prevalence; Population based survey; Sentinel surveillance; Serosurvey; Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; UGANDA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 55249127044     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31818455b8     Document Type: Article

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