STI patients are effective recruiters of undiagnosed cases of HIV: Results of a social contact recruitment study in malawi

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Rosenberg, Nora E ^a,b   Kamanga, Gift ^a,b   Pettifor, Audrey E ^a   Bonongwe, Naomi ^b   Mapanje, Clement ^b   Rutstein, Sarah E ^a   Ward, Michelle ^c   Hoffman, Irving F ^b,c   Martinson, Francis ^b,c   Miller, William C ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

HIV; HIV counseling and testing; Malawi; Sexually transmitted infection; Social network; Syndromic management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898760824     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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