Adolescent HIV—Cause for Concern in Southern Africa

Glenda E. Gray

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000227

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Adolescent HIV—Cause for Concern in Southern Africa

Glenda E. Gray

* E-mail: gray@pixie.co.za

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Adolescent HIV—Cause for Concern in Southern Africa

Glenda E. Gray

Published: February 2, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000227

About the Authors

Glenda E. Gray

* E-mail: gray@pixie.co.za

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The author declares that she was on the Tibotec Preventing Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) advisory board in 2009, for which she was paid, but PMTCT and specific antiretroviral drugs are not discussed in this article. Dr. Gray reports also receiving grant support from GlaxoSmithKline for investigating the prevalence of 3TC resistance in the PETRA and being on an expert panel on HIV for Nestlé Nutrition Institute Africa that assessed interventions to prevent postnatal transmission of HIV.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: GEG. Wrote the first draft of the paper: GEG.

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