EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION VirologicFailureandSecond-LineAntiretroviral Therapy in Children in South Africa—The IeDEA Southern Africa Collaboration
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Mary-Ann Davies, MD, MMed,* Harry Moultrie, MD, MSc,† Brian Eley, BSc (Hons), MD,‡ Helena Rabie, MD, MMed,§ Gilles Van Cutsem, MD, DTM&H, MPH,*k Janet Giddy, MD, DipPHCEd, MMed,¶ Robin Wood, BSc, BM, MD, MMed,# Karl Technau, MD, DCH, Dip HIV Man, MSc,** Olivia Keiser, PhD,†† Matthias Egger, MD, MSc, DTM&H,†† and Andrew Boulle, MD, PhD* for the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) Collaboration
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