HIV partner notification is effective and feasible in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities for HIV treatment and prevention.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on April 15, 2011

Authors

Lillian B Brown1, William C Miller, Gift Kamanga, Naomi Nyirenda, Pearson Mmodzi, Audrey Pettifor, Rosalie C Dominik, Jay S Kaufman, Clement Mapanje, Francis Martinson, Myron S Cohen, Irving F Hoffman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA. rown@med.unc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

MHealth Intervention of HIV and STDs Partner Notification for MSM | NCT04349748

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