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Rapid HIV testing in emergency departments: a paradigm shift

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Mazen El-Baba, Jessica Kent & Isaac I. Bogoch

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Mazen El-Baba, Jessica Kent, Jennifer Hulme & Megan Landes

  3. Division of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Isaac I. Bogoch

  4. Toronto People With AIDS Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kyle Vose

  5. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jennifer Hulme & Megan Landes

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El-Baba, M., Kent, J., Bogoch, I.I. et al. Rapid HIV testing in emergency departments: a paradigm shift. Can J Emerg Med 26, 7–9 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00589-w

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