Effect of optional home initiation of HIV care following HIV self-testing on antiretroviral therapy initiation among adults in Malawi: a randomized clinical trial.

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Published in JAMA on July 20, 2014

Authors

Peter MacPherson1, David G Lalloo2, Emily L Webb3, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran4, Augustine T Choko5, Simon D Makombe6, Anthony E Butterworth7, Joep J van Oosterhout8, Nicola Desmond1, Deus Thindwa5, Stephen Bertel Squire2, Richard J Hayes3, Elizabeth L Corbett9

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom2TB and HIV Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.
2: Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
3: MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
4: TB and HIV Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi4Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom.
5: TB and HIV Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.
6: HIV Department, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
7: Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
8: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi8Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi.
9: TB and HIV Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi6Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Associated clinical trials:

Home Assessment and Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV in Malawi (CONDA-YAPA) | NCT01414413

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