Unsafe Medical Procedures are not the Main Route of HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Unsafe Medical Procedures are not the Main Route of HIV Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Anne-Mieke Vandamme
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*Correspondence: Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Email not available
Abstract
A recent report suggested that high HIV infectionrates in sub-Saharan Africa could berelated to unsafe medical procedures (Gisselquist& Potterat, J STD & AIDS 2003;14:162-73). Theseauthors stated that HIV infection rates weremuch higher than expected from sexually transmitteddiseases.
