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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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“How can I tell?” Consequences of HIV status disclosure among couples in eastern African communities in the context of an ongoing HIV “test-and-treat” trial

Irene MaeriCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Alison El AyadiBixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Monica GetahunBixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Edwin CharleboisCenter for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Cecilia AkatukwasaInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Dennis TumwebazeInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Harriet ItiakoritInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Lawrence OwinoCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Dalsone KwarisiimaMakerere University Joint AIDS Program, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Emmanuel SsemmondoInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Norton SangCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Jane KabamiInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Tamara D. ClarkDepartment of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Maya PetersenDivisions of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAView further author information
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Craig R. CohenBixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Elizabeth A. BukusiCentre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Moses KamyaInfectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda;School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Diane HavlirDepartment of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Carol S. CamlinBixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, 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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Pages 59-66 | Received 11 Feb 2016, Accepted 16 Mar 2016, Published online: 15 Jul 2016

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