Global threat from drug resistant HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Roll-out of antiretroviral treatment for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa has been accompanied by rising rates of drug resistance. Raph Hamers and colleagues call for improved patient management and population based drug resistance surveillance to be integrated into national treatment programmes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 344 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012