Patterns of uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa in the pre-treatment era

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cremin, Ide ^a   Cauchemez, Simon ^a   Garnett, Geoffrey P ^a   Gregson, Simon ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

HIV; Sub Saharan Africa; Testing

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TREATMENT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MONITORING; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TESTING METHOD; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCALE UP; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

GUINEA; RWANDA; SENEGAL;

EID: 84864381975     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02937.x     Document Type: Article

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