HIV viral load monitoring in resource-limited regions: optional or necessary?

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on November 28, 2006

Authors

Alexandra Calmy1, Nathan Ford, Bernard Hirschel, Steven J Reynolds, Lut Lynen, Eric Goemaere, Felipe Garcia de la Vega, Luc Perrin, William Rodriguez

Author Affiliations

1: Medecins sans Frontieres, Access to Medicines Campaign, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland. acalmy@gmail.com

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