Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy for HIV Work in Health Care Workers of South Africa? A Cross Sectional Pilot Feasibility Study

Nitika Pant Pai; Tarannum Behlim; Lameze Abrahams; Caroline Vadnais; Sushmita Shivkumar; Sabrina Pillay; Anke Binder; Roni Deli-Houssein; Nora Engel; Lawrence Joseph; Keertan Dheda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079772

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Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy for HIV Work in Health Care Workers of South Africa? A Cross Sectional Pilot Feasibility Study

Nitika Pant Pai ,

* E-mail: nitika.pai@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Tarannum Behlim,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Lameze Abrahams,

Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Caroline Vadnais,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Sushmita Shivkumar,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Sabrina Pillay,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Anke Binder,

Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Roni Deli-Houssein,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
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Nora Engel,

Affiliation Global Health, Department of Health, Ethics and Society at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Lawrence Joseph,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Keertan Dheda

Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy for HIV Work in Health Care Workers of South Africa? A Cross Sectional Pilot Feasibility Study

Nitika Pant Pai,
Tarannum Behlim,
Lameze Abrahams,
Caroline Vadnais,
Sushmita Shivkumar,
Sabrina Pillay,
Anke Binder,
Roni Deli-Houssein,
Nora Engel,
Lawrence Joseph

Published: November 27, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079772

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