Comparison of home and clinic-based HIV testing among household members of persons taking antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: Results from a randomized trial

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Lugada, Eric ^a   Levin, Jonathan ^b   Abang, Betty ^a   Mermin, Jonathan ^a   Mugalanzi, Emmanuel ^c   Namara, Geoffrey ^b   Gupta, Sundeep ^a   Grosskurth, Heiner ^b   Jaffar, Shabbar ^b   Coutinho, Alex ^c   Bunnell, Rebecca ^a  

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

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Antiretroviral therapy; Clinic based; HIV; Homebased; Randomized trial; Uganda; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UGANDA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

EID: 77957317451     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181e9e069     Document Type: Article

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