Prioritising prevention strategies for patients in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 775-783

  Spaar, A ^a,b   Graber, C ^a   Dabis, F ^c   Coutsoudis, A ^d   Bachmann, L ^b   McIntyre, J ^e   Schechter, M ^f   Prozesky, H W ^g   Tuboi, S ^f   Dickinson, D ^h   Kumarasamy, N ⁱ   Pujdades Rodriquez, M ^a,j   Sprinz, E ^k   Schilthuis, H J ^l   Cahn, P ^m   Low, N ^a   Egger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)   (South Africa)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h Independence Surgery   (Botswana)

ⁱ YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^j MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^k HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^l Heineken Medical Services   (Netherlands)

^m FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

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Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; HIV AIDS; partner notification; prevention; serodiscordant couples

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BOTSWANA; BRAZIL; BURUNDI; CONDOM; CONGO; COUNSELING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOROCCO; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SEX ROLE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; STIGMA; THAILAND; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77953723475     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903349102     Document Type: Article

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