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Management of HIV-1 Infection in the Hospital Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
*
CH #7030 Burnett-Womack 229H, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1989

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