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- Title
Feasibility and effectiveness of provider initiated HIV testing and counseling of TB suspects in Vizianagaram district, South India.
- Authors
Achanta, Shanta; Kumar, Ajay M V; Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina; Jaju, Jyoti; Shamrao, Srinivas Rao Motta; Uppaluri, Ramakrishna; Tekumalla, Rama Rao; Gupta, Devesh; Kumar, Ashok; Satyanarayana, Srinath; Dewan, Puneet K
- Abstract
Though internationally recommended, provider initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) of persons suspected of tuberculosis (TB) is not a policy in India; HIV seroprevalence among TB suspects has never been reported. The current policy of PITC for diagnosed TB cases may limit opportunities of early HIV diagnosis and treatment. We determined HIV seroprevalence among persons suspected of TB and assessed feasibility and effectiveness of PITC implementation at this earlier stage in the TB diagnostic pathway.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 7, pe41378
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0041378