Are Participants in a Street-Based HIV Testing Program Able to Perform Their Own Rapid Test and Interpret the Results?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  de la Fuente, Luis ^a,b   Rosales Statkus, María Elena ^c   Hoyos, Juan ^b,d   Pulido, José ^a,b   Santos, Sara ^a   Bravo, María José ^a,b   Barrio, Gregorio ^b,d   Fernández Balbuena, Sonia ^a   Belza, María José ^b,d   Álvarez, Jorge ^e   Gutiérrez, Jorge ^e   Ferreras, Eva ^a,b   Molist, Gemma ^a,b   Ruiz, Mónica ^a   Sánchez, Rebeca ^a   Segura, Pilar ^f   Vallejo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e Madrid Positivo Association   (Spain)

^f Hospital General   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER STICK WHOLE BLOOD RAPID TEST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84867319669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046555     Document Type: Article

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