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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Unintended uses, meanings, and consequences: HIV self-testing among female sex workers in urban Uganda

Shannon A. McMahona Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany;b Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel Kibuuka Musokec International Research Consortium, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Jonas Wachingera Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyView further author information
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Aidah Nakitendec International Research Consortium, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Jocelyn Amonginc International Research Consortium, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Esther Nanyiric International Research Consortium, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblayd Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal School of Public Health, Montreal, Canada;e Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, BostonMA, USAView further author information
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Catherine E. Oldenburgf Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;g Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;h Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Till Barnighausena Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany;e Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, BostonMA, USA;i Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-4212View further author information
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Katrina F. Ortbladj Department of Global Health, University of Washington, SeattleWA, USAView further author information
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Pages 1278-1285 | Received 10 Apr 2020, Accepted 12 Oct 2020, Published online: 02 Nov 2020

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