Potential public health benefits of HIV testing occurring at home in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 529-531

  Guy, Rebecca J ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a,b   Grulich, Andrew ^a   Holt, Martin ^c   Conway, Damian P ^a   Jamil, Muhammad S ^a   Keen, Phillip ^a   Cunningham, Philip ^d   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUAL MALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL PRACTICE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930148769     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01210     Document Type: Article

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