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Routine opt-out HIV testing strategies in a female jail setting: a prospective controlled trial.

TitleRoutine opt-out HIV testing strategies in a female jail setting: a prospective controlled trial.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsKavasery, Ravi, Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru, Joshua Cornman-Homonoff, Laurie N. Sylla, David Smith, and Frederick L. Altice
JournalPloS one
Volume4
Issue11
Paginatione7648
Date Published2009
ISSN1932-6203
KeywordsAdult, AIDS Serodiagnosis, Connecticut, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Prisoners, Prisons, Prospective Studies, Time Factors
AbstractTen million Americans enter jails annually. The objective was to evaluate new CDC guidelines for routine opt-out HIV testing and examine the optimal time to implement routine opt-out HIV testing among newly incarcerated jail detainees.
DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0007648
Alternate JournalPLoS ONE

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