Missed opportunities for HIV testing and late-stage diagnosis among HIV-infected patients in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wanyenze, Rhoda K ^a   Kamya, Moses R ^b   Fatch, Robin ^c   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^b   Baveewo, Steven ^b   Sawires, Sharif ^d   Bangsberg, David R ^e   Coates, Thomas ^d   Hahn, Judith A ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LATE STAGE DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; STAGING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960052814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021794     Document Type: Article

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