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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 28, 2016 - Issue sup3: Social Science and Universal Test and Treat in Africa
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Men “missing” from population-based HIV testing: insights from qualitative research

Carol S. CamlinDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Emmanuel SsemmondoInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
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Gabriel ChamieDepartment of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Alison M. El AyadiDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Dalsone KwarisiimaMakerere University Joint AIDS Program, Kampala, Uganda
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Norton SangCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jane KabamiInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
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Edwin CharleboisCenter for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Maya PetersenDivisions of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Tamara D. ClarkDepartment of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Elizabeth A. BukusiCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Craig R. CohenDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Moses R. KamyaInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda;Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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Diane HavlirDepartment of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
& the SEARCH Collaboration show all
Pages 67-73 | Received 05 Feb 2016, Accepted 03 Mar 2016, Published online: 15 Jul 2016

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