A decline in new HIV infections in South Africa: estimating HIV incidence from three national HIV surveys in 2002, 2005 and 2008.

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Published in PLoS One on June 14, 2010

Authors

Thomas M Rehle1, Timothy B Hallett, Olive Shisana, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, Khangelani Zuma, Henri Carrara, Sean Jooste

Author Affiliations

1: Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa. TRehle@hsrc.ac.za

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