Rising HIV infections in Victoria, the need for a new approach to preventative interventions

Rebecca Guy; Margaret Hellard

doi:10.1071/SH03003

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Rising HIV infections in Victoria, the need for a new approach to preventative interventions

Rebecca Guy ^A ^B and Margaret Hellard ^A

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^A The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia

^B Author for correspondence; email: Rebecca.Guy@burnet.edu.au

Sexual Health 1(2) 69-71 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH03003
Submitted: 17 September 2003 Accepted: 22 March 2004 Published: 24 June 2004

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