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. 2009 Oct 7;2009(4):CD007190. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007190.pub2

1. Search Strategy for Pubmed.

Number Search Terms
#1 HIVInfections[MeSH]ORHIV[MeSH]ORhiv[tw]ORhiv‐1*[tw]ORhiv‐2*[tw]ORhiv1[tw]ORhiv2[tw]OR hiv infect*[tw] OR human immunodeficiency virus[tw] OR human immunedeficiency virus[tw] OR human immuno‐deficiency virus[tw] OR human immune‐deficiency virus[tw] OR ((human immun*) AND (deficiency virus[tw])) OR acquired immunodeficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immunedeficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immuno‐deficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immune‐deficiency syndrome[tw] OR ((acquired immun*) AND (deficiency syndrome[tw]))
#2 sexually transmitted diseseases, viral[mh:exp] OR sexually transmitted diseases, bacterial [mh:exp] OR (sexually transmitted disease) OR (sexually transmitted diseases) OR (sexually transmitted infection) OR (sexually transmitted infections) OR (genital ulcer) OR (genital ulcer disease) OR (genital ulcer diseases) OR (genital ulcers) OR (veneral disease) OR (veneral diseases) OR (venereal infections) OR (venereal infection)
#3 #1 OR #2
#4 randomized controlled trial [pt] OR controlled clinical trial [pt] OR randomized controlled trials [mh] OR random allocation [mh] OR double‐blind method [mh] OR single‐blind method [mh] OR clinical trial [pt] OR clinical trials [mh] OR ("clinical trial" [tw]) OR ((singl* [tw] OR doubl* [tw] OR trebl* [tw] OR tripl* [tw]) AND (mask* [tw] OR blind* [tw])) OR ( placebos [mh] OR placebo* [tw] OR random* [tw] OR research design [mh:noexp] OR (comparative study) OR (comparative studies) OR (evaluation studies) OR (evaluation study) OR follow‐up studies [mh] OR prospective studies [mh] OR control* [tw] OR prospectiv* [tw] OR volunteer* [tw]) NOT (animals [mh] NOT human [mh])
#5 medicine, traditional [mh:exp] OR Native Healer OR Native Healers OR Aboriginal healer or Aboriginal Healers or Indigenous Healer or Indigenous Healers or traditional healer OR traditional Healers
#6 Search #3 AND #4 AND #5 Limits: Publication Date from 1980 to 2008/04/04