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Integrating HIV testing into immunological studies of non-HIV-related diseases

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HIV testing is now required for non-HIV-AIDS-related immunological studies in areas of high HIV prevalence. Ethical guidelines for testing in these circumstances need clarification and sensitive protocols need to be developed.

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Figure 1: Estimated HIV prevalence rate (%), adults, 2003.
Figure 2: Study participants attend a Tanzanian health center for completion of a questionnaire and donation of a blood sample.

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Conducted as part of the Joint Malaria Programme, a collaboration between the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (Moshi, Tanzania), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark). Funded by The Wellcome Trust (060115).

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  2. National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Struik, S., Maxwell, C., Malecela-Lazaro, M. et al. Integrating HIV testing into immunological studies of non-HIV-related diseases. Nat Immunol 6, 423–426 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0505-423

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