Universal voluntary HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral therapy

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9669, 2009, Pages 1079-1080

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   de Arazoza, Hector ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; NOTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 62849123301     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60645-0     Document Type: Letter

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