Concurrency revisited: increasing and compelling epidemiological evidence.

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Published in J Int AIDS Soc on June 20, 2011

Authors

Timothy L Mah1, James D Shelton

Author Affiliations

1: Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA. tmah@usaid.gov

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