SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF INDETERMINATE AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TEST RESULTS AMONG CLIENTS ATTENDING A NIGERIAN HIV TREATMENT CLINIC

Increased availability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening test and more public enlightenment have resulted in more people coming forward to access counseling and testing at the HIV counseling and testing centers in Nigeria. Some of the clients however obtained indeterminate and false po...

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Autores principales: Olowookere, S.A., Adewole, I.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital, Ibadan 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161486
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Sumario:Increased availability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening test and more public enlightenment have resulted in more people coming forward to access counseling and testing at the HIV counseling and testing centers in Nigeria. Some of the clients however obtained indeterminate and false positive results leading to emotional disturbance and occasionally, dilemma to the attending physician. This article/case series looked at some of these situations and discussed how they were attended to.

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