Lack of knowledge of HIV status a major barrier to HIV prevention, care and treatment efforts in Kenya: results from a nationally representative study.

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Published in PLoS One on May 04, 2012

Authors

Peter Cherutich1, Reinhard Kaiser, Jennifer Galbraith, John Williamson, Ray W Shiraishi, Carol Ngare, Jonathan Mermin, Elizabeth Marum, Rebecca Bunnell, KAIS Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Nairobi, Kenya.

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