Who tests, who doesn't, and why? Uptake of mobile HIV counseling and testing in the kilimanjaro region of Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ostermann, Jan ^a,b   Reddy, Elizabeth A ^c   Shorter, Meghan M ^c   Muiruri, Charles ^c   Mtalo, Antipas ^d   Itemba, Dafrosa K ^d   Njau, Bernard ^e,f   Bartlett, John A ^a,c,e,f   Crump, John A ^a,c,e,f   Thielman, Nathan M ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre ^*  (Tanzania)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^f KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MOBILE VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; COUNSELING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 79551653080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016488     Document Type: Article

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