Time to refocus on HSV interventions for HIV prevention?
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Clare Tanton,1 Laith J. Abu-Raddad,2,3 and Helen A. Weiss4 1Research Department of Infection and Population Health, Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, United Kingdom; 2Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College–Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Doha; 3Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York; and 4MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of infectious diseases
دوره 204 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011