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. 2006 Oct;3(10):e435.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030435.

HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: a rumour without evidence

Daniel D Reidpath  1 , Kit Yee Chan
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HIV, stigma, and rates of infection: a rumour without evidence

Daniel D Reidpath et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

Although HIV-related stigma is often seen as the greatest barrier to controlling the HIV epidemic, this assertion is still only a hypothesis, say Reidpath and Chan.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. The Argument for the Link between the Stigma of HIV and the Global HIV Epidemic
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