Evaluation of the WHO clinical case definition for AIDS in rural Zaire.

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Published in AIDS on June 01, 1988

Authors

K M De Cock1, R Colebunders, H Francis, N Nzilambi, M Laga, R W Ryder, M Bondjobo, J B McCormick, P Piot

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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