Linkage of HIV-infected infants from diagnosis to antiretroviral therapy services across the Western Cape, South Africa.

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Published in PLoS One on February 06, 2013

Authors

Nei-Yuan Hsiao1, Kathryn Stinson, Landon Myer

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Virology, University of Cape Town and National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa. marvin.hsiao@nhls.ac.za

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