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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Provider Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling of TB Suspects in Vizianagaram District, South India
BACKGROUND: Though internationally recommended, provider initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) of persons suspected of tuberculosis (TB) is not a policy in India; HIV seroprevalence among TB suspects has never been reported. The current policy of PITC for diagnosed TB cases may limit opportuni...
Autores principales: | Achanta, Shanta, Kumar, Ajay M. V., Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina, Jaju, Jyoti, Shamrao, Srinivas Rao Motta, Uppaluri, Ramakrishna, Tekumalla, Rama Rao, Gupta, Devesh, Kumar, Ashok, Satyanarayana, Srinath, Dewan, Puneet K. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844467 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041378 |
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