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More and Better Information to Tackle HIV Epidemics: Towards Improved HIV Incidence Assays

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Timothy Hallett and colleagues from the Incidence Assay Critical Path Working Group argue that a quick, easy, valid, and precise method of estimating HIV incidence in populations is needed, and discuss several new technologies to address this need.

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  • Incidence Assay Critical Path Working Group, 2011. "More and Better Information to Tackle HIV Epidemics: Towards Improved HIV Incidence Assays," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(6), pages 1-6, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001045
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001045
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    1. Till Bärnighausen & Claudia Wallrauch & Alex Welte & Thomas A McWalter & Nhlanhla Mbizana & Johannes Viljoen & Natalie Graham & Frank Tanser & Adrian Puren & Marie-Louise Newell, 2008. "HIV Incidence in Rural South Africa: Comparison of Estimates from Longitudinal Surveillance and Cross-Sectional cBED Assay Testing," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 3(11), pages 1-8, November.
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