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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wood, Brian R
• Stekler, Joanne D

Titel

Could Home Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing Ever Become a Game Changer?

Ist Teil von

• Clinical infectious diseases, 2023-05, Vol.76 (9), p.1681-1684

Ort / Verlag

US: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Could home human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing make a major difference in identifying persons with undiagnosed HIV in the United States? We argue that approval of new self-test assays for home use would help but must be combined with extensive investment in community outreach and linkage to care to make an impact. Home self-tests represent 1 choice for accessing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, and more self-test options would help. Only with a multipronged approach and a status-neutral framework might home HIV self-tests shift from “good news” to “game changer.”