What Are the Reasons for Poor Uptake of HIV Testing among Patients with TB in an Eastern India District?

Bipra Bishnu; Sudipto Bhaduri; Ajay M. V. Kumar; Eleanor S. Click; Vineet Kumar Chadha; Srinath Satyanarayana; Sreenivas Achutan Nair; Devesh Gupta; Quazi T. Ahmed; Silajit Sarkar; Durba Paul; Puneet Dewan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055229

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What Are the Reasons for Poor Uptake of HIV Testing among Patients with TB in an Eastern India District?

Bipra Bishnu ,

* E-mail: bsinha008@gmail.com

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in India, WHO Country Office, New Delhi, India
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Sudipto Bhaduri,

Affiliation District Tuberculosis Centre, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, India
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Ajay M. V. Kumar,

Affiliation International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
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Eleanor S. Click,

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Vineet Kumar Chadha,

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore, India
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Srinath Satyanarayana,

Affiliation International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), South East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India
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Sreenivas Achutan Nair,

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in India, WHO Country Office, New Delhi, India
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Devesh Gupta,

Affiliation Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India
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Quazi T. Ahmed,

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in India, WHO Country Office, New Delhi, India
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Silajit Sarkar,

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in India, WHO Country Office, New Delhi, India
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Durba Paul,

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in India, WHO Country Office, New Delhi, India
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Puneet Dewan

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in India, WHO Country Office, New Delhi, India
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What Are the Reasons for Poor Uptake of HIV Testing among Patients with TB in an Eastern India District?

Bipra Bishnu,
Sudipto Bhaduri,
Ajay M. V. Kumar,
Eleanor S. Click,
Vineet Kumar Chadha,
Srinath Satyanarayana,
Sreenivas Achutan Nair,
Devesh Gupta,
Quazi T. Ahmed,
Silajit Sarkar

Published: March 1, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055229

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