Recent HIV type 1 infection among participants in a same-day mobile testing pilot study in Zimbabwe

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 593-595

  Truong, Hong Ha M ^a,b   Fritz, Katherine ^a   McFarland, Willi ^a,c   Hartogensis, Wendy ^a   Fiamma, Agnes ^d   Coates, Thomas J ^d   Morin, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79957604949     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0249     Document Type: Article

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