HIV testing patterns: where, why, and when were persons with AIDS tested for HIV? - Concepedia

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HIV testing patterns: where, why, and when were persons with AIDS tested for HIV?

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1995

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Pascale Wortley, Susan Y. Chu, Theresa Diaz, John W. Ward, Brian Doyle, Arthur J. Davidson, Patricia J. Checko, Mary Herr, Lisa Conti, Alan S. Fann,

Abstract

Most persons with AIDS were tested relatively late in their course of HIV infection, in acute health-care settings, and because of illness. Not knowing one's serostatus precludes early medical intervention and may increase transmission.