Using gay men's sexual networks to reduce sexually transmitted disease (STD)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on October 01, 2005

Authors

Dan Wohlfeiler1, John J Potterat

Author Affiliations

1: California Department of Health Services, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Control Branch, Oakland, California 94612, USA. dwohlfei@dhs.ca.gov

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