Model alternative strategies for tuberculosis and human immune deficiency virus case-finding in hard-to-reach populations in rural Eastern Nigeria;Stratégies alternatives pour la tuberculose et le modèle virus de l'immunodéficience humaine dépistage des cas dans dur-à-atteindre les populations dans les régions rurales de l'Est du Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 417-420

  Anochie, P I ^a   Onyeneke, E C ^b   Onyeozirila, A C ^c   Onyeneke, C N ^d   Ogu, A C ^e   Igbolekwu, L C ^f   Obinna, J U ^g   Bueno, J ^h   Srikanth, A ⁱ  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b Neurology Unit Department of Internal Medicine Federal Medical Center Owerri   (Nigeria)

^c MADONNA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^g OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

ⁱ VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Case finding; Eastern Nigeria; Hard to reach; Human immune deficiency virus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; MOTOR VEHICLE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84890111838     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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