Uptake of community-based HIV testing during a multi-disease health campaign in rural Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chamie, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Kwarisiima, Dalsone ^b,c,d,e   Clark, Tamara D ^a,b,c   Kabami, Jane ^b,c   Jain, Vivek ^a,b,c   Geng, Elvin ^a,b,c   Balzer, Laura B ^c,f   Petersen, Maya L ^c,f   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^c,g   Charlebois, Edwin D ^b,c,h   Kamya, Moses R ^b,c,i   Havlir, Diane V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health (SEARCH) Consortium   (Uganda)

^d Mulago Mbarara Teaching Hospitals' Joint AIDS Program (MJAP)   (Uganda)

^e Mulago Mbarara Teaching Hospitals Joint AIDS Programme   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894237929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084317     Document Type: Article

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