Tests for life chances: CD4 miracles and obstacles in Uganda

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-209

  Meinert, Lotte ^a   Mogensen, Hanne O ^b   Twebaze, Jenipher ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

AIDS HIV; ART; Identity; Sociality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BODY WEIGHT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; UGANDA;

EID: 71249100400     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470902940697     Document Type: Review

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