Feasibility of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling of tuberculosis patients under the TB control programme in two districts of South India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Vijay, Sophia ^a   Swaminathan, Soumya ^b   Vaidyanathan, Preetish ^a   Thomas, Aleyamma ^b   Chauhan, L S ^c   Kumar, Prahlad ^a   Chiddarwar, Sonali ^d   Thomas, Beena ^b   Dewan, Puneet K ^e  

^a NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^d MHI for Mother and Child   (India)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROVIDER INITIATED HIV TESTING AND COUNSELING; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70949099253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007899     Document Type: Article

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