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Comprehensive & Cost Effective Laboratory Monitoring of HIV/AIDS: an African Role Model
Published on: October 31, 2010
Essential in vitro diagnostics for advanced HIV and serious fungal diseases: international experts' consensus
Felix Bongomin1,2, Nelesh P Govender3,4, Arunaloke Chakrabarti5
1Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections, Rue Le Corbusier 12, 1208, Geneva, Switzerland.
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