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Targeted HIV testing more effective than CDC mass testing proposal

A targeted campaign of testing and counseling aimed at those who are at high risk for HIV would be more effective than the mass patient screening proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an analysis by David Holtgrave, Ph.D., an expert on HIV prevention at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Holtgrave's study is the first to examine the cost-effectiveness of the CDC's testing plan.

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