Exploring the relative costs of contact tracing for increasing HIV case finding in sub-saharan countries

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Armbruster, Benjamin ^a   Helleringer, Stéphane ^b   Kalilani Phiri, Linda ^c   Mkandawire, James ^d   Kohler, Hans Peter ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contact tracing; cost analysis; HIV prevention; HIV testing; Malawi; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONTACT EXAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 80052991485     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31822a9fa8     Document Type: Article

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