Are participants in a street-based HIV testing program able to perform their own rapid test and interpret the results?

OBJECTIVE: Availability of over-the-counter rapid HIV tests could improve access to testing those reluctant or unable to use current services. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of HIV self-testing using a finger-stick whole-blood rapid test (Determine™ HIV Combo) to detect both antigen and antibo...

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Main Authors: Luis de la Fuente, María Elena Rosales-Statkus, Juan Hoyos, José Pulido, Sara Santos, María José Bravo, Gregorio Barrio, Sonia Fernández-Balbuena, María José Belza, Madrid Rapid HIV Testing Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3466298?pdf=render