Individual, household and community factors associated with HIV test refusal in rural Malawi.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on October 06, 2008

Authors

Katharina Kranzer1, Nuala McGrath, Jacky Saul, Amelia C Crampin, Andreas Jahn, Simon Malema, Dominic Mulawa, Paul E M Fine, Basia Zaba, Judith R Glynn

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. katharina.kranzer@lshtm.ac.uk

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