Sheri A. Lippman:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-9372
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draft
Hailey J. Gilmore: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Tim Lane: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Oscar Radebe: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Yea-Hung Chen: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review &
editing
Nkuli Mlotshwa: Role: Data curationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Kabelo Maleke: Role: Data curationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Albert E. Manyuchi:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-6201
Role: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
James McIntyre: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole:
SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Hong-Van Tieu: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
8
November
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0206849
Affiliations
[1
]
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco,
California, United States of America
[2
]
Anova Health Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa
[3
]
Center for Public Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San
Francisco, California, United States of America
[4
]
School of Public Health & Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South
Africa
New York Blood Center, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: Test kit manufacturers Atomo Diagnostics and OraSure Technologies, Inc. donated test
kits to the research study, but did not provide any additional funding and had no
input into the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or
preparation of the manuscript.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-16489
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206849
PMC ID: 6224086
PubMed ID: 30408055
SO-VID: a75b8a44-85df-4be8-a4bb-8afd4029c374
Copyright © © 2018 Lippman et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000025, National Institute of Mental Health;
Award ID: R21MH103038
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-9372
Sheri A. Lippman
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000030, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Award ID: U2GHH000251
Award Recipient
: Tim E Lane
This research was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (
www.nih.gov; R21MH103038 to SAL) and in part by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
through the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention South Africa Country Office under the terms of a Cooperative
Agreement (
www.cdc.gov; U2GHH000251 to TEL). HIV self-testing kits were donated by Atomo Diagnostics and
OraSure Technologies, Inc. The funders and test kit donors had no role in study design,
data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Research Article
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
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Immunodeficiency Viruses
Subject:
HIV
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
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Immunodeficiency Viruses
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HIV
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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Viral Pathogens
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Immunodeficiency Viruses
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HIV
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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Immunodeficiency Viruses
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HIV
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Biology and life sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
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RNA viruses
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Retroviruses
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Lentivirus
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HIV
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
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Microbiology
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Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
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Retroviruses
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Lentivirus
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HIV
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Pathogens
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Microbial Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
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Retroviruses
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Lentivirus
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HIV
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Viruses
Subject:
Viral Pathogens
Subject:
Retroviruses
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Lentivirus
Subject:
HIV
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
Subject:
Sexuality Groupings
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Men WHO Have Sex with Men
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
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Body Fluids
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Blood
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
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Blood
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
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Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
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People and places
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Geographical locations
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Africa
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South Africa
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Psychology
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Sexual Identity
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Social Sciences
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Psychology
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Sexual Identity
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Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Research Design
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Survey Research
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Surveys
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People and Places
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Africa
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