Symptomatic HIV-positive persons in rural mozambique who first consult a traditional healer have delays in HIV testing: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Audet, Carolyn M ^a,b   Blevins, Meridith ^b   Rosenberg, Caitlin ^c   Farnsworth, Sarah ^c   Salato, José ^d   Fernandez, Jorge ^d   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Departments of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ^*  (Mozambique)

^d Friends in Global Health   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903773328     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000194     Document Type: Article

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