HIV testing and counseling leads to immediate consistent condom use among South African stable HIV-discordant couples

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-233

  Rosenberg, Nora E ^a   Pettifor, Audrey E ^a,b   Bruyn, Guy De ^c,d   Westreich, Daniel ^e   Delany Moretlwe, Sinead ^b   Behets, Frieda ^a,f   Maman, Suzanne ^a   Coetzee, David ^g   Kamupira, Mercy ^g   Miller, William C ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

condom; discordant couple; HIV; HIV counseling and testing; South Africa; unprotected sex

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872856662     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31827971ca     Document Type: Article

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