Cross-sectional assessment of prevalence and correlates of blood-borne and sexually-transmitted infections among Afghan National Army recruits.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on August 21, 2012

Authors

Catherine S Todd1, Abdul Nasir, G Farooq Mansoor, Sayed M Sahibzada, Linda L Jagodzinski, Farzana Salimi, M Naim Khateri, Braden R Hale, R Vincent Barthel, Paul T Scott

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street PH 16-69, New York, NY 10032, USA. cst2121@columbia.edu

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