Barking up the wrong evidence tree. Comment on Lurie & Rosenthal, "Concurrent partnerships as a driver of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa? The evidence is limited"

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¹ Department of Statistics, UWCFAR Sociobehavioral and Prevention Research Core, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4322, USA. morrism@u.washington.edu

Comment

Martina Morris. AIDS Behav. 2010 Feb.

. 2010 Feb;14(1):31-3; discussion 34-7.

doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9639-6.

¹ Department of Statistics, UWCFAR Sociobehavioral and Prevention Research Core, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4322, USA. morrism@u.washington.edu

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Concurrent partnerships as a driver of the HIV Epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa? The evidence is limited.
Lurie MN, Rosenthal S. Lurie MN, et al. AIDS Behav. 2010 Feb;14(1):17-24; discussion 25-8. doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9583-5. Epub 2009 Jun 2. AIDS Behav. 2010. PMID: 19488848 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.

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