Routine HIV testing in adolescents and young adults presenting to an outpatient clinic in Durban, South Africa.

OBJECTIVES:Although youth (12-24 years) in Sub-Saharan Africa have a high HIV risk, many have poor access to HIV testing services and are unaware of their status. Our objective was to evaluate the proportion of adolescents (12-17 years) and young adults (18-24 years) who underwent HIV testing and th...

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Main Authors: Lynn Ramirez-Avila, Kristy Nixon, Farzad Noubary, Janet Giddy, Elena Losina, Rochelle P Walensky, Ingrid V Bassett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3447803?pdf=render