Low HIV testing rates among tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sendagire, Ibrahim ^a   Schreuder, Imke ^b   Mubiru, Mesach ^a   Van Der Loeff, Maarten Schim ^c   Cobelens, Frank ^c,d,e   Konde Lule, Joseph ^f  

^a Kampala City Council   (Uganda)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^e KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950381258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-177     Document Type: Article

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