Rethinking the heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in Lancet Infect Dis on August 04, 2008

Authors

Kimberly A Powers1, Charles Poole, Audrey E Pettifor, Myron S Cohen

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1: Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA. powersk@email.unc.edu

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