The role of progestins in HIV acquisition in young women

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¹ South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research Unit, Durban, South Africa; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Global Health, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: gita.ramjee@mrc.ac.za.
² Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, University College London, London, UK.

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Gita Ramjee et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;16(4):389-90.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00476-4. Epub 2015 Dec 24.

¹ South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research Unit, Durban, South Africa; Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Department of Global Health, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: gita.ramjee@mrc.ac.za.
² Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, University College London, London, UK.

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Association between injectable progestin-only contraceptives and HIV acquisition and HIV target cell frequency in the female genital tract in South African women: a prospective cohort study.
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