Two commentaries on ‘Impact of tuberculosis preventive therapy on tuberculosis and mortality in HIV-infected children’
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Hoosen Coovadia,1,2 Ruth M. Bland3,4* and Tony Walls5** 1Victor Daitz Professor of HIV/AIDS Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 2Director HIV Management, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Durban Branch, University of the Witwatersrand 3Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of kwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 4Division of Developmental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Glasgow, UK 5University of New South Wales, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2009