HIV self-testing: finding its way in the prevention tool box

Katrina F Ortblad¹, Joanne D Stekler^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, 908 Jefferson St, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. katort@uw.edu.
² Department of Global Health, University of Washington, 908 Jefferson St, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Comment

Katrina F Ortblad et al. BMC Med. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 30;18(1):373.

doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01852-y.

Katrina F Ortblad¹, Joanne D Stekler^{2

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¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, 908 Jefferson St, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. katort@uw.edu.
² Department of Global Health, University of Washington, 908 Jefferson St, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Authors have no competing interests to disclose.

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