Progress and Challenges in Scaling Up Laboratory Monitoring of HIV Treatment
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In a perspective on Habiyambere and colleagues, Peter Kilmarx and Raiva Simbi discuss the disconnect between HIV testing instrument capacity and utilization.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016