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Point-of-care viral load testing among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Haiti: a randomized control trial

Lindsey K. Reifa Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA;e Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Marie Elmase Belizaireb GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Vanessa Rouziera Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA;b GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Grace Seoa Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Patrice Severeb GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Joseph-Marie Bajo Josephb GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Bernadette Josephb GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Sandra Apollonb GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Jean W. Papea Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA;b GHESKIO Center, Port-au-Prince, HaitiView further author information
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Margaret L. McNairya Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA;g Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Batya Elule Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Daniel W. Fitzgeralda Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Stephen M. Arpadic ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA;d Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;e Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Elaine J. Abramsc ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, USA;e Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;f Department of Pediatrics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Louise Kuhnd Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;e Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Pages 409-420 | Received 25 Nov 2020, Accepted 25 Aug 2021, Published online: 06 Oct 2021

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