Bangladesh moves from being a low-prevalence nation for HIV to one with a concentrated epidemic in injecting drug users.

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Published in Int J STD AIDS on May 01, 2008

Authors

T Azim1, M Rahman, M S Alam, I A Chowdhury, R Khan, M Reza, M Rahman, E I Chowdhury, M Hanifuddin, A S M M Rahman

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh. tasnim@icddrb.org

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