Feasibility of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling of tuberculosis patients under the TB control programme in two districts of South India.

Feasibility of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling of tuberculosis patients under the TB control programme in two districts of South India.

BACKGROUND:Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) is internationally recommended for tuberculosis (TB) patients, but the feasibility, effectiveness, and impact of this policy on the TB programme in India are unknown. We evaluated PITC of TB patients across two districts in India consi...

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Main Authors: Sophia Vijay, Soumya Swaminathan, Preetish Vaidyanathan, Aleyamma Thomas, L S Chauhan, Prahlad Kumar, Sonali Chiddarwar, Beena Thomas, Puneet K Dewan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2774514?pdf=render

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