Intensive HIV Partner Notification Is Effective in Identifying New and Previously Diagnosed HIV Infections in Edmonton, Canada

AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2015 Aug;29(8):419-22. doi: 10.1089/apc.2015.0033. Epub 2015 Jun 22.

Authors

Joshua Bergman¹, Jennifer Gratrix², Tamira Pillay³, Stan Houston^{4

5}, Ryan Cooper^{4

5}, Carmen L Charlton⁶, Shannon Lemire¹, Kerri Paradis⁴, Ted Birse⁴, Ameeta E Singh⁵

Affiliations

¹ 1 Alberta Health Services, Edmonton STI Clinic, Edmonton, Canada .
² 2 STI Centralized Services , Edmonton, Canada .
³ 3 Medstar Harbor Hospital , Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ 4 Northern Alberta HIV Program , Edmonton, Canada .
⁵ 6 Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada .
⁶ 5 Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada .

PMID: 26097980
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2015.0033

No abstract available

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Canada
Contact Tracing / statistics & numerical data*
Female
HIV Infections / diagnosis*
HIV Infections / prevention & control
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care*
Sexual Partners*