HIV testing uptake and prevalenceamongadolescents and adults in a large home-based HIV testing program in western Kenya

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wachira, Juddy ^a   Ndege, Samson ^a,b   Koech, Julius ^a   Vreeman, Rachel C ^a,c   Ayuo, Paul ^a,b   Braitstein, Paula ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Africa; HIV; Home based HIV testing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893796721     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182a14f9e     Document Type: Article

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