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Comment
. 2007 Jun;4(6):e200.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040200.

Late HIV diagnosis: bad medicine and worse public health

Ronald O Valdiserri  1
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Comment

Late HIV diagnosis: bad medicine and worse public health

Ronald O Valdiserri. PLoS Med. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

The author discusses a new study that models the impact of the CDC's new recommendation of opt-out HIV testing in all health care encounters in the US for persons 13-64 years old.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The author wishes to declare that he was employed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the time that the guidelines discussed in this article were developed and was involved in their review. Also, the author has in the past collaborated professionally on several occasions with Dr. Holtgrave. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

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