Knowledge of HIV serodiscordance, transmission, and prevention among couples in Durban, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Kilembe, William ^a   Wall, Kristin M ^a,b   Mokgoro, Mammekwa ^c   Mwaanga, Annie ^a   Dissen, Elisabeth ^a   Kamusoko, Miriam ^c   Phiri, Hilda ^a   Sakulanda, Jean ^a   Davitte, Jonathan ^a   Reddy, Tarylee ^d   Brockman, Mark ^e   Ndung'u, Thumbi ^c   Allen, Susan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COUNSELING; COUPLES VOLUNTARY HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; SERODISCORDANCE; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; HIV INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928919805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124548     Document Type: Article

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