MOTION: Experts have not just been 'seeing what they wanted to see' by 'ignoring' health care transmission of AIDS in Africa. Sexual transmission is indeed the major mode of transmission. PROPOSAL: Initiatives to prevent sexual transmission of HIV in Africa should not be over-shadowed by current debate.
Dougan
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Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London NW9 5EQ, UK. sarah.dougan@hpa.org.uk
Tomkins
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Harris
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Ncube
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Evans
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D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D012725:Sexual Behavior