Published in PLoS One on November 04, 2008
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Lack of a decline in HIV incidence in a rural community with high HIV prevalence in South Africa, 2003-2007. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2009) 2.09
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Intervention to promote exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life in a high HIV prevalence area. AIDS (2008) 1.95
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In a study of a population cohort in South Africa, HIV patients on antiretrovirals had nearly full recovery of employment. Health Aff (Millwood) (2012) 1.84
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A new general biomarker-based incidence estimator. Epidemiology (2012) 1.55
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The tuberculosis challenge in a rural South African HIV programme. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.46
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