Home sample collection tests for HIV infection.
Open Access
- 18 November 1998
- journal article
- toward optimal-laboratory-use
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 280 (19) , 1699-1701
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.280.19.1699
Abstract
Home sample collection (HSC) tests allow persons to test themselves for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at home without medical supervision. Characterizing the use of such tests can help assess their potential effect on public health efforts to prevent and control HIV.Keywords
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