HIV Notification "Rate": A More Accurate and Useful Indicator to Measure the HIV Epidemic.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr

*Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia †Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ‡Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Published: October 2015

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