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Effect of an opt‐out point‐of‐care HIV‐1 nucleic acid testing intervention to detect acute and prevalent HIV infection in symptomatic adult outpatients and reduce HIV transmission in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: In sub‐Saharan Africa, adult outpatients with symptoms of acute infectious illness are not routinely tested for prevalent or acute HIV infection (AHI) when seeking healthcare. METHODS: Adult symptomatic outpatients aged 18–39 years were evaluated by a consensus AHI risk score. Patients w...

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Autores principales: Sanders, Eduard J., Agutu, Clara, van der Elst, Elise, Hassan, Amin, Gichuru, Evanson, Mugo, Peter, Farquhar, Carey, Babigumira, Joseph B., Goodreau, Steven M., Hamilton, Deven T., Ndung'u, Thumbi, Sirengo, Martin, Chege, Wairimu, Graham, Susan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9204714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34431196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13157