Time to roll out rapid testing for HIV? Yes, but with appropriate safeguards

Marcus Y. Chen; Claudia S. Estcourt

doi:10.1071/SH09008

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Time to roll out rapid testing for HIV? Yes, but with appropriate safeguards

Marcus Y. Chen ^A ^B ^D and Claudia S. Estcourt ^C

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^A School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.

^B Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia.

^C Institute of Cell & Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, and Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK.

^D Corresponding author. Email: mchen@mshc.org.au

Sexual Health 6(1) 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH09008
Submitted: 22 January 2009 Accepted: 2 February 2009 Published: 23 February 2009

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