Eliminating HIV transmission in New South Wales: The critical role of testing

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 260-262

  Gale, Marianne ^a,b   Holden, Joanne ^a   Selvey, Christine ^c   Chant, Kerry ^a   Whittaker, Bill ^d  

^a NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Communicable Diseases Branch Health Protection NSW ^*  (Australia)

^d National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINGUS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NOTE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SEXUAL HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW SOUTH WALES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 84907360317     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00490     Document Type: Note

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