Point-of-Care Tests for HIV, Related Coinfections, and Blood-Borne Infections
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1 Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, V Building, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1 2 Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK 3Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA 4Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, E6531, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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دوره 2014 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014