Point-of-care HIV testing can help achieve UNAIDS targets

Affiliations

¹ Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Doherty Institute and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: margaret.hellard@burnet.edu.au.
² Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³ Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Margaret Hellard et al. Lancet HIV. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;7(4):e216-e217.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30043-6. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

¹ Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Doherty Institute and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: margaret.hellard@burnet.edu.au.
² Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
³ Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Point-of-care HIV viral load testing combined with task shifting to improve treatment outcomes (STREAM): findings from an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial.
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