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Trends in the uptake of voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in rural Tanzania in the context of the scale up of antiretroviral therapy

  1. Raphael Isingo1,
  2. Alison Wringe2,
  3. Jim Todd1,2,
  4. Mark Urassa1,
  5. Doris Mbata1,
  6. Griter Maiseli1,
  7. Rose Manyalla1,
  8. John Changalucha1,
  9. Julius Mngara1,
  10. Ester Mwinuka1,
  11. Basia Zaba2

Article first published online: 30 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02877.x

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Tropical Medicine & International Health

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 17, Issue 8, pages e15–e25, August 2012

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Isingo, R., Wringe, A., Todd, J., Urassa, M., Mbata, D., Maiseli, G., Manyalla, R., Changalucha, J., Mngara, J., Mwinuka, E. and Zaba, B. (2012), Trends in the uptake of voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in rural Tanzania in the context of the scale up of antiretroviral therapy. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 17: e15–e25. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02877.x

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  1. 1

     National Institute of Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania

  2. 2

     London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

* Corresponding Author Raphael Isingo, National Institute of Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania. E-mail: rrisingo@yahoo.co.uk

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