Antiretroviral therapy and the control of HIV-associated tuberculosis. Will ART do it?

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on May 01, 2011

Authors

S D Lawn1, A D Harries, B G Williams, R E Chaisson, E Losina, K M De Cock, R Wood

Author Affiliations

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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