Evaluation of three sampling methods to monitor outcomes of antiretroviral treatment programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

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Published in PLoS One on November 10, 2010

Authors

Jean-Michel Tassie1, Karen Malateste, Mar Pujades-Rodríguez, Elisabeth Poulet, Diane Bennett, Anthony Harries, Mary Mahy, Mauro Schechter, Yves Souteyrand, François Dabis, ART Linc of IeDEA and MSF Collaborations

Author Affiliations

1: Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland. tassiej@who.int

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