HIV/AIDS care and treatment in three provinces in northern Thailand before the national scale-up of highly-active antiretroviral therapy

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-89

  Thanprasertsuk, Sombat ^a   Lertpiriyasuwat, Cheewanan ^a   Leusaree, Tasana ^a   Sirinirund, Petchsri ^a   Sumanapan, Surin ^a   Chariyalertsak, Chonlisa ^a   Simmons, Nicole ^b   Ellerbrock, Tedd V ^c   Siraprapasiri, Taweesap ^a,b   Yachompoo, Chiraporn ^a   Panputtanakul, Saowanee ^a   Virapat, Pongsri ^b   Supakalin, Panpaka ^b   Srithaniviboonchai, Kriengkrai ^a   Mock, Philip ^b   Supawitkul, Somsak ^b   Tappero, Jordan W ^b,c   Levine, William C ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Centers for Disease Control CDC Thailand Field Station   (Thailand)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 33744463366     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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