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Brief Report

Correlates of bacterial ulcers and acute HSV-2 infection among men with genital ulcer disease in South Africa: age, recent sexual behaviours, and HIV

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Pages 61-65 | Received 12 Mar 2015, Accepted 24 Jul 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2016

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