Impact of small reductions in plasma HIV RNA levels on the risk of heterosexual transmission and disease progression.

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Published in AIDS on October 18, 2008

Authors

Kayvon Modjarrad1, Eric Chamot, Sten H Vermund

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1: Department of Medicine, Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203-1738, USA. kayvon.modjarrad@vanderbilt.edu

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