Short-term and long-term risk of tuberculosis associated with CD4 cell recovery during antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.

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Published in AIDS on August 24, 2009

Authors

Stephen D Lawn1, Landon Myer, David Edwards, Linda-Gail Bekker, Robin Wood

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1: The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. stevelawn@yahoo.co.uk

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