Examining the effects of HIV self-Testing compared to standard HIV testing services: A systematic review and meta-Analysis

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Johnson, Cheryl C ^a   Kennedy, Caitlin ^b   Fonner, Virginia ^c   Siegfried, Nandi ^a,d   Figueroa, Carmen ^a   Dalal, Shona ^a   Sands, Anita ^a   Baggaley, Rachel ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Independent Clinical Epidemiologist   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV self Test; HIV test; HIV AIDS; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SEROLOGY; STANDARDS;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 85021285280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.20.1.21594     Document Type: Article

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