Targeting the HIV Epidemic in South Africa: The Need for Testing and Linkage to Care in Emergency Departments

Targeting the HIV Epidemic in South Africa: The Need for Testing and Linkage to Care in Emergency Departments

Background: The Eastern Cape province of South Africa has one of the highest burdens of HIV in the world. Emergency Departments (EDs) can serve as optimal clinical sites for the identification of new HIV infections and entry into care. We sought to determine the current burden of HIV disease among E...

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Main Authors: Bhakti Hansoti, George Mwinnyaa, Elizabeth Hahn, Aditi Rao, John Black, Victoria Chen, Kathryn Clark, William Clarke, Anna L. Eisenberg, Reinaldo Fernandez, Joshua Iruedo, Oliver Laeyendecker, Roshen Maharaj, Pamela Mda, Jernelle Miller, Nomzamo Mvandaba, Yandisa Nyanisa, Steven J. Reynolds, Andrew D. Redd, Sofia Ryan, David F. Stead, Lee A. Wallis, Thomas C. Quinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537019301464

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