Maximising the potential of voluntary counselling and testing for HIV: Sexually transmitted infections and HIV epidemiology in a population testing for HIV and its implications for practice

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 612-616

  Wu, Hsiu ^a   Wu, Pei Ying ^b   Li, Shu Ying ^a   Chang, Sui Yuan ^b,c   Liu, Wen Chun ^b   Wu, Cheng Hsin ^b   Lo, Yi Cheng ^b   Hsieh, Chia Yin ^b   Sun, Hsin Yun ^b   Hung, Chien Ching ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV TEST; HIV VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871621745     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050354     Document Type: Article

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