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Trends in HIV/AIDS infection: Beyond current statistics

Quarraisha Abdool Karim Director of the South African MRCHIVNET Project, ; Regional Co‐ordinator of the Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Programme, Executive Committee Member of the HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership Group,
Pages 1-21 | Published online: 11 Nov 2009

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  • Quarraisha Abdool Karim is a Director of the South African MRCHIVNET Project; Regional Co‐ordinator of the Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Programme; and Executive Committee Member of the HIV Prevention Trials Network Leadership Croup.

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