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Opinion - Why is HIV prevalence so severe in southern Africa.? The role of multiple concurrent partnerships and lack of male circumcision - implications for HIV prevention

Daniel T. Halperin, Helen Epstein
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | Vol 8, No 1 | a630 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v8i1.630 | © 2007 Daniel T. Halperin, Helen Epstein | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 April 2007 | Published: 25 April 2007

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Daniel T. Halperin, Harvard University, United States
Helen Epstein, Princeton University, South Africa

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