Effect of Text Message, Phone Call, and In-Person Appointment Reminders on Uptake of Repeat HIV Testing among Outpatients Screened for Acute HIV Infection in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Peter M. Mugo; Elizabeth W. Wahome; Evanson N. Gichuru; Grace M. Mwashigadi; Alexander N. Thiong’o; Henrieke A. B. Prins; Tobias F. Rinke de Wit; Susan M. Graham; Eduard J. Sanders

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153612

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Effect of Text Message, Phone Call, and In-Person Appointment Reminders on Uptake of Repeat HIV Testing among Outpatients Screened for Acute HIV Infection in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Peter M. Mugo ,

* E-mail: PMugo@kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-3292

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Elizabeth W. Wahome,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
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Evanson N. Gichuru,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
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Grace M. Mwashigadi,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
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Alexander N. Thiong’o,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
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Henrieke A. B. Prins,

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
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Tobias F. Rinke de Wit,

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Susan M. Graham,

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, Departments of Medicine, Global Health, and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
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Eduard J. Sanders

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research – Coast (CGMR-C), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, United Kingdom
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Effect of Text Message, Phone Call, and In-Person Appointment Reminders on Uptake of Repeat HIV Testing among Outpatients Screened for Acute HIV Infection in Kenya: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Peter M. Mugo,
Elizabeth W. Wahome,
Evanson N. Gichuru,
Grace M. Mwashigadi,
Alexander N. Thiong’o,
Henrieke A. B. Prins,
Tobias F. Rinke de Wit,
Susan M. Graham,
Eduard J. Sanders

Published: April 14, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153612

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