Screening for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis on dried blood spots: A promising method to better reach hidden high-risk populations with self-collected sampling

• Inge H. M. van Loo ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ihm.van.loo@mumc.nl

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5960-4357

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• Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department for Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, Geleen, The Netherlands

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• Rosalie Heuts,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Marianne A. B. van der Sande,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Centre Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department for Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health Service South Limburg, Geleen, The Netherlands

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