Combination HIV prevention: significance, challenges, and opportunities.

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Published in Curr HIV/AIDS Rep on March 01, 2011

Authors

Ann E Kurth1, Connie Celum, Jared M Baeten, Sten H Vermund, Judith N Wasserheit

Author Affiliations

1: New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY 10003, USA. akurth@nyu.edu

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