Efficacy and acceptability of rapid, point-of-care HIV testing in two clinical settings in Ghana

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 365-369

  Appiah, Lambert Tetteh ^a   Havers, Fiona ^b   Gibson, Jane ^c   Kay, Michael ^d   Sarfo, Fred ^a   Chadwick, David ^c  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Teesside Positive Action   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749128038     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2008.0224     Document Type: Article

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