High accuracy of home-based community rapid HIV testing in rural Malawi

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 625-630

  Molesworth, Anna M ^a,b   Ndhlovu, Richard ^a   Banda, Emmanuel ^a   Saul, Jacqueline ^b   Ngwira, Bagrey ^b   Glynn, Judith R ^b   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   French, Neil ^a,b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV serodiagnosis; home care; Malawi; population surveillance; quality control

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 78649351711     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181f98628     Document Type: Article

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