Predictors of HIV testing among patients with tuberculosis in North West Ethiopia: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ayenew, Animut ^a   Leykun, Abenet ^b   Colebunders, Robert ^c,d   Deribew, Amare ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^b Private Sector Partnership Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78049442485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009702     Document Type: Article

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