Influence network effectiveness in promoting couples' HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Published in AIDS on January 14, 2012

Authors

Kristin Wall1, Etienne Karita, Azhar Nizam, Brigitte Bekan, Gurkiran Sardar, Deborah Casanova, Davora Joseph Davey, Freya De Clercq, Evelyn Kestelyn, Roger Bayingana, Amanda Tichacek, Susan Allen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. kmwall@emory.edu

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