Routine HIV Testing in Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting to an Outpatient Clinic in Durban, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Ramirez Avila, Lynn ^a,b   Nixon, Kristy ^c   Noubary, Farzad ^b   Giddy, Janet ^c   Losina, Elena ^b,d,e   Walensky, Rochelle P ^b,d,f   Bassett, Ingrid V ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866668128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045507     Document Type: Article

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