International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 543-546 , September 2009

Tuberculosis and HIV: a global menace exacerbated via sex trafficking

  • Ashwin S. Dharmadhikari

      Affiliations

    • Brigham & Women's Hospital, FXB Building, 7th Floor, 651 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 432 6949; fax: +1 617 432 4310.
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  • Jhumka Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Michele R. Decker

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Anita Raj

      Affiliations

    • Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Jay G. Silverman

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

Received 30 September 2008 ,Accepted 24 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.010

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 543-546 , September 2009

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