Who will bridge the HIV treatment-prevention gap?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-294

  Weis, Peter ^a   Schmid, George ^a   De Cock, Kevin ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47649090604     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589301     Document Type: Letter

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