Non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis in Victoria, Australia: Responding to high rates of re-presentation and low rates of follow-up

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 714-718

  Armishaw, J ^a   Hoy, J F ^a,b   Watson, K M ^a   Wright, E J ^a,b,c   Price, B G ^a   Pierce, A B ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; HIV prevention; MSM; Non occupational post exposure prophylaxis; Nonoccupational exposure; NPEP; Post exposure prophylaxis; Sexual risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MONOTHERAPY; NON OCCUPATIONAL POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 83455205966     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2011.011174     Document Type: Article

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