HIV self-testing and the missing linkage.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21990965.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001101 and PMC identifier 3186809.
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Abstract
Rochelle Walensky and Ingrid Bassett discuss new research in <I>PLoS Medicine</I> 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.
Medical subject headings
- AIDS Serodiagnosis
- HIV Infections