HIV infection early diagnosis experience in primary care
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HIV infection early diagnosis experience in primary care
INTRODUCTION Traditional screening system focus on classic risk factors "lost" a substantial proportion of HIV-infected patients. Several organizations such as CDC or USPS Task Force favour universal screening for HIV infection for good cost-effectiveness profile. In a previous study prevalence of HIV infection in patients attending our infectious diseases department was high (5.4%). OBJECTIV...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1758-2652
DOI: 10.7448/ias.17.4.19597