Examining the evidence on the causal effect of HAART on transmission of HIV using the Bradford Hill criteria.

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Published in AIDS on April 24, 2013

Authors

Bohdan Nosyk1, Bertrand Audoin, Chris Beyrer, Pedro Cahn, Reuben Granich, Diane Havlir, Elly Katabira, Joep Lange, Viviane D Lima, Thomas Patterson, Steffanie A Strathdee, Brian Williams, Julio Montaner

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1: Division of AIDS, BC-Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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