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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Four years later: Do South Africans know what pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV is?

Firoza HaffejeeDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olayinka Fasanmi-KanaDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3751-3198View further author information
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Fazila AllyDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1777-9041View further author information
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Yasmeen ThandarDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-2296View further author information
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Jyotika BasdavDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1789-1976View further author information
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Pages 466-473 | Received 03 Dec 2020, Accepted 19 Jan 2022, Published online: 02 Feb 2022

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