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Review
. 2003 Jun 21;326(7403):1384-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7403.1384.

Back to basics in HIV prevention: focus on exposure

Elizabeth Pisani  1 , Geoff P Garnett, Nicholas C Grassly, Tim Brown, John Stover, Catherine Hankins, Neff Walker, Peter D Ghys
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Review

Back to basics in HIV prevention: focus on exposure

Elizabeth Pisani et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Despite worldwide efforts to prevent HIV infection, the number of people affected continues to rise. The authors of this article argue that a commonsense approach based on simple country by country analyses could improve the situation

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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Distribution of new HIV infections by type of exposure in selected countries, 1998-2002. Data on behaviour and HIV prevalence drawn from references –
Fig 2
Fig 2
Distribution of prevalent and incident HIV infections by type of exposure in Indonesia, 2002. Data on behaviour and HIV prevalence drawn from references , , and
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Fig 3
Distribution of new HIV infections by type of exposure, Kenya 1989-98 and Cambodia 1994-2002. Data on behaviour and HIV prevalence drawn from references , , , and
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