SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF INDETERMINATE AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TEST RESULTS AMONG CLIENTS ATTENDING A NIGERIAN HIV TREATMENT CLINIC.

Authors

S.A OLOWOOKERE AND I.F ADEWOLE

Correspondents

DR. S.A OLOWOOKERE
Department of Medicine
State Hospital,
P.O Box 1203, Osogbo,
Nigeria
Email: sanuolowookere@yahoo.com
Tel: +2348023564506

Affiliation of Authors

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, STATE HOSPITAL, PO. BOC 1203, ODOGBO, NIGERIA
AIDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA (APIN) PLUS ANTIRETROVIRAL CLINIC & DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE,  UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT 
Increased availability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Screening test and more public enlightenment have resulted in more people coming forward to access counseling and testing at the HIV counseling and testing centers in Nigeria. Some of the clients however obtained indeterminate and false positive results leading to emotional disturbance and occasionally, dilemma to the attending physician. This article/ case series looked at some of these situations and discussed how they were attended to.
Keywords: Social problems, Indeterminate results, False positive results
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