HIV Self-testing and the Missing Linkage
Open Access
- 4 October 2011
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 8 (10), e1001101
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001101
Abstract
Rochelle Walensky and Ingrid Bassett discuss new research in PLoS Medicine that assessed the feasibility of home-based oral HIV self-testing in Malawi, and suggest that linkage to care must be demonstrated before the success of oral self-testing can be determined.Keywords
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