Exploring repeat HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-234

  Sieglera, Aaron J ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a   De Voux, Alex ^a   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^b   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a,c   Baral, Stefan D ^d   Winskell, Kate ^a   Kose, Zamakayise ^b   Wirtz, Andrea L ^d   Brown, Ben ^c   Stephenson, Rob ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; MSM; Qualitative; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84920931267     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.947914     Document Type: Article

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