Costs and effectiveness of finding new HIV diagnoses by using rapid testing in transgender communities

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 49-57

  Shrestha, Ram K ^a   Sansom, Stephanie L ^a   Schulden, Jeffrey D ^a   Song, Binwei ^a   Smith, Linney C ^b   Ramirez, Ramon ^c   Mares Delgrasso, Azul ^c   Heffelfinger, James D ^a  

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

^b Housing Works Inc   (United States)

^c AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; SAN FRANCISCO; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 79959859230     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.3_supp.49     Document Type: Article

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