Increasing access to HIV counseling and testing through mobile services in Kenya: strategies, utilization, and cost-effectiveness.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on July 01, 2010

Authors

Kristina L Grabbe1, Nick Menzies, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Gideon Emukule, Patrick Angala, Irene Mwega, Geraldine Musango, Elizabeth Marum

Author Affiliations

1: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global AIDS Program, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. kgrabbe@cdc.gov

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