Initiation of antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression after home HIV testing and counselling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and Mbarara district, Uganda: A prospective, observational intervention study

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages e68-e76

  Barnabas, Ruanne V ^a,b   van Rooyen, Heidi ^c   Tumwesigye, Elioda ^d   Murnane, Pamela M ^a   Baeten, Jared M ^a   Humphries, Hilton ^c   Turyamureeba, Bosco ^d   Joseph, Philip ^d   Krows, Meighan ^a   Hughes, James P ^a,b   Celum, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Integrated Community Based Initiatives   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84921980207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(14)70024-4     Document Type: Article

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