The HIV Care Continuum among Female Sex Workers: A Key Population in Lilongwe, Malawi.

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Published in PLoS One on January 25, 2016

Authors

Kathryn Elizabeth Lancaster1,2, Kimberly A Powers1, Thandie Lungu3, Pearson Mmodzi3, Mina C Hosseinipour3,2, Katy Chadwick4, Vivian F Go5, Brian W Pence1, Irving F Hoffman3,2, William C Miller1,2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
2: Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
3: UNC Project Malawi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lilongwe, Malawi.
4: Theatre for a Change, Lilongwe, Malawi.
5: Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.

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