Rapid testing may not improve uptake of HIV testing and same day results in a rural South African community: A cohort study of 12,000 women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Mkwanazi, Ntombizodumo B ^a   Patel, Deven ^b   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,b   Rollins, Nigel C ^a   Coutsoudis, A ^a   Coovadia, H M ^a   Bland, R M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849113731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003501     Document Type: Article

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