Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 233-237 , May 2000

Fresh from the field: some controversies in tropical medicine and hygiene: HIV and malaria, do they interact?

Received 4 January 2000 ,Revised 8 February 2000 ,Accepted 11 February 2000.

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