Validation of a screening tool to identify older children living with HIV in primary care facilities in high HIV prevalence settings.

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Published in AIDS on March 13, 2016

Authors

Tsitsi Bandason1, Grace McHugh, Ethel Dauya, Stanley Mungofa, Shungu M Munyati, Helen A Weiss, Hilda Mujuru, Katharina Kranzer, Rashida A Ferrand

Author Affiliations

1: aBiomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare bHarare City Health, Harare, Zimbabwe cDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK dDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe eClinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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