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Uptake of antiretroviral therapy and male circumcision after community-based HIV testing and strategies for linkage to care versus standard clinic referral: a multisite, open-label, randomised controlled trial in South Africa and Uganda.


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SUBMITTER: Barnabas RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852382 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Uptake of antiretroviral therapy and male circumcision after community-based HIV testing and strategies for linkage to care versus standard clinic referral: a multisite, open-label, randomised controlled trial in South Africa and Uganda.

Barnabas Ruanne V RV   van Rooyen Heidi H   Tumwesigye Elioda E   Brantley Justin J   Baeten Jared M JM   van Heerden Alastair A   Turyamureeba Bosco B   Joseph Philip P   Krows Meighan M   Thomas Katherine K KK   Schaafsma Torin T TT   Hughes James P JP   Celum Connie C  

The lancet. HIV 20160310 5


<h4>Background</h4>Male circumcision decreases HIV acquisition by 60%, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) almost eliminates HIV transmission from HIV-positive people who are virally suppressed; however, coverage of these interventions has lagged behind targets. We aimed to assess whether community-based HIV testing with counsellor support and point-of-care CD4 cell count testing would increase uptake of ART and male circumcision.<h4>Methods</h4>We did this multisite, open-label, randomised control  ...[more]

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