Routine HIV Testing in Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting to an Outpatient Clinic in Durban, South Africa

Lynn Ramirez-Avila; Kristy Nixon; Farzad Noubary; Janet Giddy; Elena Losina; Rochelle P. Walensky; Ingrid V. Bassett

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045507

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Routine HIV Testing in Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting to an Outpatient Clinic in Durban, South Africa

Lynn Ramirez-Avila ,

* E-mail: lynn.ramirez@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kristy Nixon,

Affiliation McCord Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Farzad Noubary,

Affiliations Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Janet Giddy,

Affiliation McCord Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Elena Losina,

Affiliations Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rochelle P. Walensky,

Affiliations Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ingrid V. Bassett

Affiliations Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Routine HIV Testing in Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting to an Outpatient Clinic in Durban, South Africa

Lynn Ramirez-Avila,
Kristy Nixon,
Farzad Noubary,
Janet Giddy,
Elena Losina,
Rochelle P. Walensky,
Ingrid V. Bassett

Published: September 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045507

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