Implications for HIV testing policy derived from combining data on voluntary confidential testing with viral sequences and serological analyses.

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Published in Sex Transm Infect on October 27, 2008

Authors

A E Brown1, G Murphy, G Rinck, J P Clewley, C Hill, J V Parry, A M Johnson, D Pillay, O N Gill

Author Affiliations

1: HIV/STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK. Alison.brown@hpa.org.uk

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