Sexually transmitted diseases in children: HIV infection.
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Sexually transmitted diseases in children: HIV infection.
Accepted for publication 21 May 1992 Epidemiology Of 10 million adults throughout the world with HIV infection, 75% have been infected through heterosexual transmission. This has resulted in an increasing number of women who have been infected, and with it, a rise in the numbers of children. Children under the age of 13 years with AIDS represent about 2% of all the total cases reported to the W...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.68.5.283