Antenatal clinic-based HIV prevalence in Zambia: declining trends but sharp local contrasts in young women.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on June 01, 2006

Authors

Ingvild F Sandøy1, Gunnar Kvåle, Charles Michelo, Knut Fylkesnes

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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