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Linkage to care following community?based mobile <scp>HIV</scp> testing compared with clinic?based testing in <scp>U</scp>mlazi <scp>T</scp>ownship, <scp>D</scp>urban, <scp>S</scp>outh <scp>A</scp>frica
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aim study assess hiv prevalence disease stage linkage hiv care following diagnosis mobile hiv testing unit compared results clinicbased testing durban townshipthis prospective cohort study enrolled adults presenting hiv testing communitybased mobile testing unit mobile testers hiv clinic clinic testers serving area testers diagnosed hiv infection regardless testing site offered immediate cd4 testing instructed retrieve results clinic assessed rates linkage care defined cd4 result retrieval within 90 days hiv diagnosis andor completion antiretroviral therapy art literacy training mobile vs clinic testersfrom july november 2011 6957 subjects hiv tested 4703 mobile 2254 clinic 55 female mobile testers lower hiv prevalence clinic testers 10 vs 36 respectively younger median 23 vs 27 years respectively likely live 5 km 30 min clinic 64 vs 40 respectively p 0001 mobile testers less likely undergo cd4 testing 33 vs 83 respectively likely higher cd4 counts median interquartile range 416 287587 cellsl vs 285 136482 cellsl respectively clinic testers p 0001 tested hiv positive 10 mobile testers linked care vs 72 clinic testers p 0001mobile hiv testing reaches people younger geographically remote earlier disease compared clinicbased testing fewer mobile testers underwent cd4 testing linked hiv care enhancing linkage efforts may improve impact mobile testing early hiv disease