Barriers to human immunodeficiency virus testing of tuberculosis patients in Thailand, 2004-2007

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 980-985

  Anuwatnonthakate, A ^a   Jittimanee, S X ^a   Cain, J ^b   Nateniyom, S ^a   Wattanaamornkiat, W ^c   Komsakorn, S ^d   Moolphate, S ^e   Banyati, P ^f   Chiengsorn, N ^g   Limsomboon, P ^h   Kaewsa ard, S ⁱ   Varma, Jay K ^a,j  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Office of Disease Prevention and Control 7   (Thailand)

^d Chiang Rai Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^f Tak Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

^g Bangkok Metropolitan Health Administration   (Thailand)

^h Phuket Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

ⁱ Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute   (Thailand)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Counseling; HIV AIDS; Provider initiated; Testing; Thailand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; THAILAND; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954704763     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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