Incident HIV Infection in Pregnant and Lactating Women and Its Effect on Mother-to-Child Transmission in South Africa
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Eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1537-6613,0022-1899
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir017