There is a new article in SCIENCE which is one of the most significant scientific magazines around.
It is about a recommendation of mandatory testing of the HIV high risk groups in China.
No free access to a copy
but I think this illustrates the importance of the problem and the market potential of the oral test in China)
Science 9 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5779, pp. 1475 - 1476
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120682
Policy Forum
PUBLIC HEALTH:
HIV Testing in China
Zunyou Wu,1,2 Xinhua Sun,3 Sheena G. Sullivan,1,4 Roger Detels2*
Active testing for HIV among high-risk groups in China, although controversial, is in the best interests of public health.
1National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, PR China. 2School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. 3Division of AIDS, Department of Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Beijing, 100044, PR China. 4Centre for Human Genetics, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, WA 6207, Australia.
*Author for correspondence. E-mail: detels@ucla.edu
