Comparison of community-based HIV counselling and testing (CBCT) through index client tracing and other modalities: Outcomes in 13 South African high HIV prevalence districts by gender and age.
Simukai ShamuThato FariraiLocadiah KuwandaJean SlabbertGeoffrey GulobaSikhulile KhupakonkeSuzanne JohnsonNomea MasihlehoJulius KameraNkhensani NkhwashuPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Index testing was less effective in reaching large numbers of clients, but more effective in reaching children and identifying HIV positive people than other modalities. Targeting HIV positive people's partners and children increases HIV case finding.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- antiretroviral therapy
- south africa
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- young adults
- hiv aids
- risk factors
- mental health
- metabolic syndrome
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- cancer therapy
- adipose tissue
- hepatitis c virus
- magnetic resonance
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss