Low HIV testing uptake following diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection in Spain: Implications for the implementation of efficient strategies to reduce the undiagnosed HIV epidemic

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

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 677-683

  Fernandez Balbuena, Sonia ^a   Hoyos, Juan ^a   Rosales Statkus, Maria Elena ^a,b   Nardone, Anthony ^c   Vallejo, Fernando ^a,b   Ruiz, Monica ^a,b   Sanchez, Romina ^d   Belza, Maria Jose ^a,e   Indave, Blanca Iciar ^f   Gutierrez, Jorge ^g   Alvarez, Jorge ^g   Sordo, Luis ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction   (Portugal)

^g Madrid Positivo Association   (Spain)

Author keywords

clinical settings; HIV diagnosis; missed opportunities; testing rates; timely diagnosis; undiagnosed HIV epidemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONDYLOMA; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC PEDICULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID TEST; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPAIN; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URETHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958251616     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1123808     Document Type: Article

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