Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling among tuberculosis patients in Kassala, Eastern Sudan

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-66

  Abdallah, Tajeldin M ^a   Ali, AbdelAziem A ^a   Adam, Ishag ^b  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

HIV; PITC; Sudan; Tuberculosis; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDER INITIATED COUNSELING AND TESTING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SUDAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION; SUDAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857108756     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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