Outreach syphilis testing services by different health providers to female sex workers in southern China.

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Published in PLoS One on April 23, 2013

Authors

Xiang-Sheng Chen1, Yue-Ping Yin, Guo-Gu Liu, Wan-Hui Wei, Hong-Chun Wang, Yuan-Lin Yu, David C Mabey, Rosanna W Peeling

Author Affiliations

1: National Center for STD Control, China Center for Disease Control, Nanjing, China. chenxs@ncstdlc.org

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