Acceptability and usability evaluation of finger-stick whole blood HIV self-test as an HIV screening tool adapted to the general public in the central African Republic

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages 101-118

  Grésenguet, Gérard ^a,b   Longo, Jean de Dieu ^a,b   Tonen Wolyec, Serge ^c   Bouassa, Ralph Sydney Mboumba ^d,e   Belec, Laurent ^d,e  

^a Centre National de Référence des Maladies Sexuellement Transmissibles et de la Thérapie Antirétrovirale   (Central African Republic)

^b Fac des Sci de la Sante de Bangui   (Central African Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Central African Republic; French speaking country; HIV; Immunochromatography; Self test; Sub Saharan Africa; Usability; WHO recommendations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85043590653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187461360171101010     Document Type: Article

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