title: Social problems of indeterminate and false positive hiv test results among clients attending a nigerian hiv treatment clinic.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State Hospital, P.O. Box 1203, Osogbo, Nigeria.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Olowookere
authors.affiliation: AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) Plus Antiretroviral Clinic & Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Adewole
keywords: False positive results.; Indeterminate results; Social problems