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Low partner testing in high HIV prevalence setting in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a retrospective study

OBJECTIVE: Despite a 1.5% National HIV prevalence, less than 40% of people living with HIV in Sierra Leone know their status. Limited activities on testing partners of HIV patients could be contributory to this substantial unawareness of HIV status. We carried out a retrospective study aimed at asse...

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Autores principales:	Lakoh, Sulaiman, Firima, Emmanuel, Jiba, Darlinda F., Sesay, Momodu, Conteh, Mariama Marco, Deen, Gibrilla Fadlu
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Note
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31551091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4662-9

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