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Scaling up HAART Coverage Can Reduce New HIV Infections
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Title Scaling up HAART Coverage Can Reduce New HIV Infections
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578708?src=rss
Description Treating all HIV-positive individuals with HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) could result in a nearly two-thirds reduction in annual incidence of new HIV infections and help curb the AIDS epidemic, researchers from Canada report. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > HIV/AIDS
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Date Aug 9, 2008
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