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Editorial
. 2011 Oct;8(10):e1001101.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001101. Epub 2011 Oct 4.

HIV self-testing and the missing linkage

Rochelle P Walensky, Ingrid V Bassett
Editorial

HIV self-testing and the missing linkage

Rochelle P Walensky et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Oct.

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.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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