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. 2007 Jun 30;334(7608):1354-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39225.458218.94.

Routine testing to reduce late HIV diagnosis in France

Cyrille Delpierre  1 , Lise Cuzin, France Lert
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Routine testing to reduce late HIV diagnosis in France

Cyrille Delpierre et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Although around half the French population has had an HIV test, many people are still not diagnosed until the disease is advanced. Cyrille Delpierre and colleagues believe the answer is to expand routine testing

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