MOTION: Experts have not just been 'seeing what they wanted to see' by 'ignoring' health care transmission of AIDS in Africa. Sexual transmission is indeed the major mode of transmission. PROPOSAL: Initiatives to prevent sexual transmission of HIV in Africa should not be over-shadowed by current debate
Dougan, S.; Tomkins, S.E.; Harris, J.P.; Ncube, F.M.; Evans, B.G.
International Journal of Std and Aids 15(9): 619
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0956-4624 PMID: 15339371 DOI: 10.1258/0956462041724262Document Number: 328715
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