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Editorial
. 2016 Nov 15;214(10):1473-1474.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw409. Epub 2016 Aug 30.

Semen as the Way Forward to Understand HIV-1 Transmission

Robert W Coombs  1 , John N Krieger  2
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Editorial

Semen as the Way Forward to Understand HIV-1 Transmission

Robert W Coombs et al. J Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: HIV-1; compartments; male genital tract; seminal plasma; sexual transmission.

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