Differing psychological vulnerabilities among behaviourally and perinatally HIV infected adolescents in South Africa – implications for targeted health service provisionFootnote^*

* LS conceptualised the analyses and lead manuscript writing. LC and ET set up and ran the study. LS, ET and EH conducted the analyses. All authors contributed to this manuscript and have approved the final draft.

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