Open AccessHIV Testing Rates and Outcomes in a South African Community, 2001-2006: Implications for Expanded Screening Policies
Author(s) -
Michael D. April,
Rochelle P. Walensky,
Yuchiao Chang,
Jennifer Pitt,
Kenneth A. Freedberg,
Elena Losina,
A. David Paltiel,
Robin Wood
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181a248e6
Subject(s) - medicine , population , demography , seroconversion , health care , incidence (geometry) , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth
Revised World Health Organization recommendations seek to increase HIV testing. We assessed the need for expanded testing in South Africa by examining current testing and treatment trends among a high prevalence population.