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Consequences of online HIV denial; and more

08-20-2007 · EurekAlert!

The following articles are in the next PLoS Medicine: "HIV therapy in pregnancy-data support WHO recommendations"; "Defining childhood severe falciparum malaria for intervention studies"; "HIV denialists spread misinformation online -- consequences could be deadly"; and "Making performance-based funding work for health."

Keywords: consequences, online, hiv, denial, consequence

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